Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that all combat roles would be open to women. While some hail this as a move for women’s equality, there have also been concerns raised.
In her column for Tonwhall, Katie Kieffer writes of these concerns, as well as how Hillary could continue this direction if elected president. As Kieffer warns in her headline, “Don’t Let Hillary Draft Your Daughter.”
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To Kieffer and other critics, there are issues to be raised about safety. Regardless of equality, men and women are different, and that plays a role in the military. As Kieffer writes:
…Realistically, there is no way to get droves of women to become Rangers, Marines or the SEALS unless we lower our standards.
Women have many wonderful abilities that men lack, including the ability to give birth. But females in the military have around a third less muscle mass and at least ten percent more body fat than the males, according to recent Army data. Men are significantly faster and stronger than women, shows military study after study.
40 percent more women than men who serve in the military today are hospitalized (even accounting for pregnancy). Expect this percentage to skyrocket if more women assume Marine combat roles.
So, why the focus on Marines? That’s where Hillary Clinton comes into this. Hillary has often repeated her woeful tale about being rejected from the Marines in 1975 because of her age and because “you’re a woman.”
With the New York Times reporting in 1994 that Hillary “lauded efforts to bring women into more aspects of military service,” Kieffer warns that this means “Hillary thinks a woman’s place is on the front lines.”
If Hillary is elected president then, Kieffer warns then she will certainly continue the policy of women fighting on the front lines, something she has done “for over 40 years.”
Younger generations of women and generations to come could be drafted, especially if Clinton’s actions match her rhetoric. While the proponents may be all thrilled, the rest of us have to suffer. Men have to register for the Selective Service at 18, and now many are calling for women to do the same if they are allowed to fight in combat roles.
After all, it’s only fair, right?
