SEAL's to admit women to BUDs

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

And what happens when one of them becomes a POW?

What was the movie where the Sargent says "You think they are only going to rape the women?".

[SeriousStudent]

And what happens when one of them becomes a POW?

As former service members, you and I both hope that our country would move heaven and earth to bring them back home. Just as we should for any American or ally captured by the enemy.

But we have seen what has happened to female service members captured over the last 70 years.

[Irish]

That doesn't bother me any more than if it was a male SOF member. You wanna run with the big dogs.......

I think I should have been more blunt... I was trying to make an analogy, albeit a poor one, relating to men, women, and their differences.

I do not believe that any woman will ever fit in to a SEAL team, or be considered an equal, ever. They are a distraction and will end up costing lives.

[Irish]

As former service members, you and I both hope that our country would move heaven and earth to bring them back home. Just as we should for any American or ally captured by the enemy.

But we have seen what has happened to female service members captured over the last 70 years.

Honestly, I don't think there would be much to bring home in terms of emotional and mental capacity. Maybe a used, beaten, bloody, lifeless shell.

There's just some shit women shouldn't do.

P.S. I hope all's well down in TX and you and the family are doing great. Been a busy, busy year and I'm not online very much anymore.

[SeriousStudent]

Honestly, I don't think there would be much to bring home in terms of emotional and mental capacity. Maybe a used, beaten, bloody, lifeless shell.

There's just some shit women shouldn't do.

P.S. I hope all's well down in TX and you and the family are doing great. Been a busy, busy year and I'm not online very much anymore.

Understood, and I agree.

Thanks for the kind wishes, and I hope everything is going well up there with you and yours!

[Vandal]

And what happens when one of them becomes a POW?

Remember Jessica Lynch? It will be worse than that if/when ISIS or whomever we are fighting get their hands on a female SOF member.

[yoni]

If you think men that are captured by arabs aren't raped, then you don't live in the Middle East.

[CGSteve]

Wait, I get it! The applicants are men in peak physical condition, excellent marksmen, and already have experience in the military, however, they feel their actual gender are as women.

[SteyrAUG]

Honestly, I don't think there would be much to bring home in terms of emotional and mental capacity. Maybe a used, beaten, bloody, lifeless shell.

Honestly, I've known some guys who came home like that. They were never the person I knew when they left, I never saw that person again. Not saying I'd wish that on women, but if they want true equality well that's equality.

Personally I wouldn't wish it on anyone I cared about, respected or just recognized as an actual human being. Hell I even know a few guys who have done some bad shit and I wouldn't wish that on them.

Honestly I don't think any of this will amount to anything of consequence. With Oprah making more money than just about every person I know regardless of race, gender or whatever it's hard to keep talking about the glass ceiling or true oppression.

So to the extremes go the frontiers of the fight for equality and honestly if they want it, they can have it if it were up to me. Make the grade and go with god and my best wishes for good hunting and a safe return.

But that won't happen either as this is really just about a showpiece and "wouldn't it be cool if GI Jane actually happened!!!!." So here we are. And if some tough bird actually manages to graduate and put a trident on her uniform you can almost be certain she will never see actual combat. Worst thing in the world would be for our brand new "Seal Jane" to get zapped in combat. Then people have to answer the question "Who thought this was a good idea?"

Instead Seal Jane will quickly become head of strategic planning somewhere until she's served enough time to put "Seal" status on her resume without everyone laughing and then I'm sure she will work for whatever Democrat is elected President next time. After all if women ran everything, there wouldn't be wars anymore, or so my 4th grade teacher told me.

[JC5188]

^^^^^If women ran everything, the world would be a smoking wasteland...has been my experience with most of them.

As for BUD/s standards...I thought those types of things, SFAS included, were DESIGNED to make people QUIT? I don't understand why that couldn't be articulated so that a majority of people understand?

But my exposure to such things is pretty much limited to docu's on the AHC channel. (Except the women part, lol).