The new policy that women will now be allowed to serve in combat does come with some caveats. I am just beginning to delve into this issue. My main problem with women in combat is that it expands the numbers of people involved in combat. War is never a pleasant operation. To open up the opportunity to die a horrible death seems immoral unless there is strong justification. I find no justification for casting the combat net wider to ensare current and future mothers. For that matter, I fail to see the wisdom in exanding the net to include more men.
Up 'til now I have not considered myself a true pacifist. But if women and mothers are to be fired upon in the U.S. military I find myself rapidly losing enthusiasm for any kind of fighting. That doesn't make me feel safer, just sadder.
This article offers some useful arguments against women in combat:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/10/23/the-case-against-women-in-combat.html
Up 'til now I have not considered myself a true pacifist. But if women and mothers are to be fired upon in the U.S. military I find myself rapidly losing enthusiasm for any kind of fighting. That doesn't make me feel safer, just sadder.
This article offers some useful arguments against women in combat:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/10/23/the-case-against-women-in-combat.html
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