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Jan 30Liked by The Rational Mariner.

Everyone has an opinion on women in the Infantry in combat. Take it from an actual combat infantryman. Women don’t only not belong in infantry units, they shouldn’t be allowed within 500 meters of an infantry unit. I wish people could just accept that there’s no way you’ll ever understand some things unless you experience them. Fighting in a no shit war as an infantryman is nothing anyone should have to do. Why the fuck make it harder by introducing more problems. The majority of the infantry doing the fighting are 25 years old and have barely grown up. Now they should not only live through the horrors of close combat and depraved misery, but let’s introduce gays and women to the mix. Just fuck all the way the fuck off until you reach the end, then fuck off some more with that bullshit.

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Jan 30Liked by The Rational Mariner.

I have my own opinions regarding women’s roles in the military. I served myself in the 90’s during the gulf war. I do agree that if a woman can meet the same standards as men, then she should be allowed to serve in whatever capacity she wants. My thing I don’t understand is why she would even want to serve in combat. Regardless of how people feel about it women and men are very different. Even though I served, I never thought for a second about serving in combat. I heard the stories of Vietnam from my dad, and of WWII and Korea from my grandfather. No thanks. I was perfectly happy to serve in a support role. I’m a firm believer that women have no business being in combat.

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If you have yet to read Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military by Matthew Lohmeir, do so.

USAF Academy graduate, 1200 hours flying T-38 and F-15C, 2 masters degrees, Lt. Col. in Space Command, so or course they purged him when he pointed out what you are.

From the back cover: "Pundits often seem perplexed by current policy decisions being made in our country. But our apparent missteps are part of a longstanding plan, patiently and methodically purchased by those intent on the overthrow of the US government and its replacement with a communist dictatorship. Unfortunately, many of those now furthering that agenda do so unwittingly."

After becoming aware of the Marxist conquest of American society, you will never again look at things int he same way. Mainstream media, social media, the public education system, including the university, as we as federal agencies have all become vessels of various schools of thought that re rooted in Marxist ideology, an ideology bent on the destruction of America's history, of Western tradition, specifically Judeo-Cristian values, and of patriotism and conservatism. The problem has become systemic, a tragedy considering that the defeat of Marxist-communist ideology was a very cause against which our nation spent great treasures of blood andiron during much of the twentieth century.

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Mar 4Liked by The Rational Mariner.

God in his wisdom created us male and female, with different qualities to complement each other.

He could have created women with beards, deeper voices, broader shoulders and more musculature. But he created them differently, making life and relationships between men and women more beautiful and more interesting.

Unisex and role reversal is an attempt to undo what God has created and to remake society and reshape the human personality in reliance on superior human wisdom against God.

"By their fruits shall ye know them." The fruits of the unisex revolution have been disastrous, and we are now reaping the bitter fruit.

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Feb 1Liked by The Rational Mariner.

Women do not belong in line companies. Evolutionarily women defend their children, men defend their families at whatever distance is required. Women start fighting when the country is invaded. Women want heroes? You want GI Jane? Read about the women at Stalingrad. It was not a movie.

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Jan 30Liked by The Rational Mariner.

God bless you and thank you for your service. You and J Coleman should get together and start a school for soy boys. I find no fault with your line of thinking. I don't know why a woman wants to go into combat and put herself at risk of being captured by the enemy. They are going to do things that will make her wish for death, whether in the gulag or on the field. Support roles fine. The fact that more women are stepping into these roles as a guise is what's sad and truthfully the dirty secret is there's not enough men to fill them. Women shouldn't be made to be men. There's just more of us than men and not enough slop at the trough for the women who have had the misfortune of not having a priest,provider and protector. You can judge a society on how it treats and values it's women, sick and elderly. I feel like as a woman we have been left to fend for ourselves on the prairie in a way. Keep writing hopefully millenials and Gen z will listen.

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As my green beret brother-in-law who passed away last year who served 21 years in the U.S. Army told me once: "When my team of 12 was in a hut in Afghanistan in a 10 by 10 foot hut with other men outside who want to kill her and me, if she can s**t in a cathole with all those Bro's around like I had to then she's welcome to join the party."

https://poetslife.blogspot.com/2012/11/ruggles-orchard.html

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I mostly agree that the military should not "loosen" standards in order to accommodate women, but also that women should not be prohibited from applying for any role that she can meet the actual standards (not watered-down standards). But there is one area where the military should look at its standards to focus on the end-goal -- snipers. Women make fantastic snipers. You don't need to haul pelvic-bone fracturing heavy packs long distances -- you need a rifle, some bullets, and the ability to LAY STILL for hours, often days, at a time, until the quarry steps into your scope. Some of the deadliest snipers in history were women, including Lady Death and Apache Woman.

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