Senator Calls for end of government diversity programs

[89Hen]

I believe Hen is confused. There was some controversy around our governor, Bob McDonnell about a thesis he wrote promoting the belief that many families would be better served with a stay-at-home mom vice the added income from a career. Never heard of Webb in any sort of issue like that, though.

He definitely wants women out of the military (popular amongst the citadel folks) and quite a few women came out and spoke against Webb during his campaign. Keep in mind that while I live in MD, we get all the news, campaign coverage and ads for Virginia on our local TV too.

[Skjellyfetti]

He definitely wants women out of the military (popular amongst the citadel folks) and quite a few women came out and spoke against Webb during his campaign. Keep in mind that while I live in MD, we get all the news, campaign coverage and ads for Virginia on our local TV too.

HORSESHIT, 89.

He wrote an op-ed in 1979 against women serving in combat and at military schools. He's not opposed to them simply being in the military... as he explicitly stated:

Lest I be understood too quickly, I should say that I believe most of what has happened over the past decade in the name of sexual equality has been good. It is good to see women doctors and lawyers and executives. I can visualize a woman President. If I were British, I would have supported Margaret Thatcher. But no benefit to anyone can come from women serving in combat.

The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively.The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command. All of the other accomplishments that Naval Academy or West Point or Air Force Academy graduates may claim in government or business or diplomacy are incidental to that clearly defined combat mission.

There is a place for women in our military, but not in combat. And their presence at institutions dedicated to the preparation of men for combat command is poisoning that preparation. By attempting to sexually sterilize the Naval Academy environment in the name of equality, this country has sterilized the whole process of combat leadership training, and our military forces are doomed to suffer the consequences.

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You may be in favor of women serving in combat and women attending military schools and that's fine... but, don't twist the guy's words.

[CID1990]

I believe Hen is confused. There was some controversy around our governor, Bob McDonnell about a thesis he wrote promoting the belief that many families would be better served with a stay-at-home mom vice the added income from a career. Never heard of Webb in any sort of issue like that, though.

He definitely wants women out of the military (popular amongst the citadel folks) and quite a few women came out and spoke against Webb during his campaign. Keep in mind that while I live in MD, we get all the news, campaign coverage and ads for Virginia on our local TV too.

I'd call this a backpedal.

You originally stated that he wanted to keep women out of the workforce and in the kitchen.

Was that hyperbole, or are you just full of sh!t? Because there are no other options.

I don't think that our country's best interests are kept in allowing women to serve in, say, the Navy SEALS, simply because they are women, in the name of 'fairness', or whatever. If other Citadel graduates share mine and SEN Webb's take on the issue, then I'd be reassured of their common sense.

[CID1990]

You may be in favor of women serving in combat and women attending military schools and that's fine... but, don't twist the guy's words.

WTF SK... your sister got your password or something? Because you say some out of character sh!t sometimes.

Or are you just taking up for a donk because he's a donk?