by Brandon Smith
As I write this we are nearing Memorial Day 2016, and I realize that there will be numerous articles published over the next week which will examine the achievements and sacrifices of American veterans killed in action. With that subject thoroughly covered, I thought I might instead confront a topic that many people out there would rather not discuss. Get ready for the discomfort levels to increase dramatically, because we are going to tackle the problems surrounding women in combat.
Now, it has been incredibly trendy the past five years or so to ride the warrior woman bandwagon, and to speak against it is to automatically earn accusations of “misogyny.” With the third-wave feminist and social-justice agenda increasingly out in the open rather than remaining subtly subversive, you really can’t walk anywhere without stepping in a big steaming pile of propaganda.
A large number of films and television shows released today, from Mad Max and Star Wars remakes to comic book movies and TV miniseries galore, all seem to be designed to promote the feminist ideology and the image of women “kicken’ ass”. An important part of this ideology is the idea that men and women are “exactly” the same in every capacity except genitals. That is to say, everything a man can do, a woman can do just as well or better, including fight and kill.
The decision in the late 60’s to dramatically increase the numbers of women in the military is/was the disaster. The conscription/draft is the cure. Our military can limp along with 15% women and with a few women in combat. It will harm our ability and readiness but we can make it work for years and years until WW III. BUT if we bite the bullet and demand 50% women it cannot work, it will collapse. The women in combat can ONLY work if there are enough men to take up the slack. So screw it, put 50% women in and let it crash. Then and only then will the American people and the politicians figure it out. This is a fantasy and I say let’s challenge it by embracing it.
Ditto for firemen. Set up female only fire departments and let them make it or fail based on their ability and not men propping them up.