Israel is a poor example for a single reason, "home court advantage". They don't deploy the world over. Their soldiers are usually within driving distance of their base no matter where they go.
While Israel is a good example of women performing well in combat arms, > again I think that they are the exception rather than the norm. Israelis > are raised with conflict. Men and women there, at least the last couple of > generations and the generations to come are raised around war. Bombs, > shootings and the like. They have a different mentality than women in > America have (my own opinion not based on fact). I honestly believe that > women in general in American will fail more than succeed if they are held > to the same standard as men. Even Ranger School, there is no exception to > the standard. WHether it is me as a 49 year old Infantryman trying out for > the coveted Ranger tab, or an 18 year old kid, we both have to perform at > the same standard, that of the 18 year olds. From my experience in my 17+ > years in the Army, the standards will be lowered and morale will go down if > women are allowed in combat arms. ' > On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> We've already had this discussion. > > > > I see, you must not feel very strongly about it if you're not even > > willing to give a summary for those like myself who weren't in on the > > prior discussion. Have a great weekend! > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
