Women in Combat

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta formally unveiled yesterday the latest of Team Obama’s serial assaults on the U.S. military.  From now on, American women can be eligible for ground combat.  The practical effect of the Panetta decision though may be to force women into the frontlines of America’s future wars.

That’s right.  A previous Pentagon study of this idea – which recommended against its adoption – found it unworkable to let female soldiers and Marines opt out of combat when their male counterparts are denied that right.  Mr. Panetta also can’t say whether his decision would effectively subject America’s young women to the draft.

We’re told women may still be excluded for physical reasons.  But given President Obama’s evident determination to hollow out our armed forces, such natty practical considerations are unlikely to impede him.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.  Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.