People are looking at this the wrong way. We wouldn't even be having women taking Army fitness tests if the purpose of the Army was winning wars. It manifestly isn't (cf. Iraq & Afghanistan). The purpose of the Army is to advance feminism here and abroad. /1 https://twitter.com/StevenBeynon/status/1391752502417235969

We have women in the Army so women can feel good and receive awards, and to serve as propaganda material for recalcitrant troglodytes such as you and me. I mean, they got an Indiana conservative singing the praises of West Point for graduating fat little black girls. /2

"But what about combat eff..." IDIOT. The US Army has not engaged in a serious battle on anything but its own terms since the fucking Tet Offensive. That was over half a century ago. MORON.

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No US naval ship has faced an attack from a capable enemy resulting in serious loss of life since the USS Lib...I MEAN WORLD WAR TWO.

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Who could the US Armed Forces *possibly* face that's on our scale? China and Russia are the only real possibilities. But China can bribe its way into whatever it wants, and Russia might have a large military, but it has very little ability to project outside its borders. /5

Mass infantry combat where having a bunch of women who can't handle the shit results in an entire division being lost to enemy fire isn't happening. Sorry to burst your bubble. /6

Oh sure, there will be unnecessary loss of life due to the physical & psychological limitations of women. Already has been. Imagine if the casualties at Fallujah were quadrupled due to female ineffectiveness.

That would have been just over 100 deaths. /7

We've made war so safe that even women want to participate now. Sure, it's more dangerous than cutting wood, but remember what I said about the USA engaging in battle on its own terms? We pick our battles. We engage when we have overwhelming superiority or not at all. /8

So yes, women will cost lives. But the raw numbers will be so low, nobody will care. Sure, *if* women in the Army meant losing at Normandy, even the brass would balk at it. But to them, the risk is a small (absolute) number of extra men dying. /9

The way our brass sees it, if 75 more grunts died at Fallujah so we could give more ribbons to women, more stories of women heroics, more FIRST ALL-LESBIAN MORTAR CREW articles, it would have been worth it. That's why this is happening, and won't stop. /END