More Than an "Equal Rights" Issue

More Than an "Equal Rights" Issue

Amid all the predictable feminist cheering we will no doubt hear about the "barriers" in the military falling now that women can be assigned to fight in ground combat units, there should also be a place for some sober debate and consideration.  

There have long been reasons that women have been precluded from such assignments -- reasons that have nothing to do with invidious sexism.  Rather, they stem from the physical requirements of the job, and the imperative of keeping our soldiers safe.

Michael O'Hanlon, a well-respected military analyst at the Brookings Institution (and hardly a conservative), wrote a...