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Oh, good, now is the time when the idiots trot out "we can't lower standards" bullshit. Nobody lowered standards. People reviewed the standards to see if they were actually useful, especially in an era of technological change.
This jackass said women have to be able to carry their ruck sack. How many members of the military have to do that? I would guess a small percentage. Two of the four branches never require it. And really, how many women can't meet those standards?
This is just the same bullshit as we always hear from the right-wingers. Lowering standards. These jabronis never stop to consider that a) maybe there are other standards that white men fail at, but have never been considered standards precisely for that reason or b) the "standards" are actually useless, whether because they always were or because of technology.
In particular, I would imagine that women are much less likely to commit gross war crimes than men (and yes, I remember Abu Ghraib). A man who refuses to take war crimes seriously is a man who should never be near the levers of power.
This jackass said women have to be able to carry their ruck sack. How many members of the military have to do that? I would guess a small percentage. Two of the four branches never require it. And really, how many women can't meet those standards?
This is just the same bullshit as we always hear from the right-wingers. Lowering standards. These jabronis never stop to consider that a) maybe there are other standards that white men fail at, but have never been considered standards precisely for that reason or b) the "standards" are actually useless, whether because they always were or because of technology.
In particular, I would imagine that women are much less likely to commit gross war crimes than men (and yes, I remember Abu Ghraib). A man who refuses to take war crimes seriously is a man who should never be near the levers of power.
