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He should have consulted Alan West,, who was forced out of the military after overseeing the beating of an Iraqi policeman and personally firing a gun past his head, and who thinks women are not fit to serve in combat positions.
On his way out the door as Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles on the front lines of our wars. More from AP:
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff overturns a 1994 rule banning women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units. Panetta's...
If he would do that, Panetta wouldn't look like such a fool. But that wouldn't help you at all. You're a fool no matter what RGR.
Nice try though.