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Some of our women in the military are new American heroines, having served with both sacrifice and distinction. We owe them all a debt we can never fully repay. But some of them are victims of military bureaucrats and high-ranking policy-makers who are blind to the values of our culture and deaf to the ancient call of history.
Our grandparents would have treated as a bad joke the idea that mothers of small children could be soldiers and sailors. The idea that some of them would go to war "in a family way" would have been beyond understanding. But...
Sending a Woman for a Man's Work
FACT: In order for the ladies to feel equal to the men in the military, police and firefighting forces, the physical standards have had to be lowered. Look it up. Women as a rule DO NOT have the upper-body strength necessary to meet the demands of carrying, lifting, dragging or hauling heavy loads, such as a wounded soldier or bedridden man. Police work is not what you see on TV-in real life you don't see heavily pregnant female officers chasing suspects down long city blocks, much less subduing them. GI Jane is NOT the norm and should not be. Bad enough we have...