Women, are we ready to head into ground combat? Does the government really think that this is a good idea? I don't know if any of you have gotten the scoop on this, so here is part of an article from the Center For Military Readiness.....
On January 24, 2013, the Obama Administration set in motion a long-term plan to unilaterally abolish
military women's exemption from direct ground combat (DGC) battalions. Unless Congress intervenes, this
incremental process, concluding in January 2016, will impose unprecedented social burdens that would
compromise training standards, reduce combat effectiveness, increase violence against women, and put both
men and women at greater risk. In addition, federal courts eventually could issue orders making unsuspecting
civilian women subject to Selective Service registration for a possible future draft on the same basis as men.
Do not get me wrong. I know that we as women have the strength and the brains and the fortitude to do most anything that we set out to do. There are many areas in the military that women can serve quite well. We have women who are serving, at this very moment, who are doing a wonderful job protecting our country. God has made us equal to men in so many ways but I think that sometimes we need to say "let our men be men"!
Adult males need to feel like protectors. They were made that way. Just tonight while we were out on our family walk Rodney turned protector when he thought a car wasn't going to stop as we were crossing the street.
Men and women are different there is no doubt on this.....
Our men need to be treated like men as much as we need to be treated like females. I am not sure what we, as women, are worried about in this area. There are places in the lives of men where we women do not need to go as much as there are areas in our lives where we wouldn't want men to tread. I kind of think that hand to hand combat is one of those areas.
The scriptures seem to say this too!
1 Samuel 4:9
Common English Bible (CEB)
9 Pull yourselves together and act like men, Act like men and fight!”
Zechariah 10:5
English Standard Version (ESV)
5 They shall be like mighty men in battle,
trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight because the Lord is with them.
Men are stronger in stature than us women. That doesn't mean we are the weaker sex it means we are just stronger in other areas. It is nothing to get mad about and we sure don't have anything to prove by always trying to do what men do. I know I love being a woman. Wouldn't change that for anything.
Yes there are times when womanhood needs defending but manhood is really taking a beating. It seems to keep spiraling into all areas. I think we need to use the wisdom God has given us and really think this ground fighting thing through.
5 A wise man is full of strength,
and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
7 The best thing about Wisdom
is Wisdom herself;
good sense is more important
than anything else.
I know that no family, surely even the President's, wants to think about their little girls being included in the Selective Service. It hurts bad enough having to worry about their sons.
Let's all pray for that wisdom!!
Blessings!
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