This post will be the first in a series highlighting the 800 lb invisible Gorilla who stood behind Bush and now stands behind Obama called the Military Industrial Complex.
Now lets focus on President Dwight Eisenhower for a few moments. Dwight was a Republican, a 5 star general and what did he focus on in his farewell speech to the nation? One might think he would have focused on taxes, family values, Communism or other conservative ideals, but he focused on warning us about the military industrial complex. Some of the earlier drafts of the speech had to be massaged and softened out of fear the paranoia and blame which might result. At one point the speech had read "War Based Industrial Congressional Complex".
When a Democrat comes out to warn us about the military they are singing to the choir and its something we expect of them to do. However, when a Republican makes a speech and the entire speech is spent warning us about the military we can only conclude that there is actually a BIG problem or Ron Paul is the one giving the speech.
In regards to women in combat, there are three basic arguments both for and against women in the military which come to my mind. These arguments are the following:
#1(for women in combat)- China, within the last few years, has widened women's role in their military. They have given permission for their women to be in combat. As well, they have lowered standards so that more people can qualify. Under the old system, only about 300 Chinese males could have a chance to qualify for China's People's Liberation Army and under the new more inclusive system giving women a greater role there are now 600 million people in China who can qualify for the military. In contrast, the United States has only 90 million males who have a chance at qualifying for the military and when you include women the number jumps to 180 million.
#2(against women in combat)- During World War II, Russia lost 23 million men. If women had fought side by side with the men then there would have been no one left to re-populate Russia. So women shouldnt be in combat because someone has to have the babies to replace all the people who were massacred during the fruitless wars.
#3(against anyone in combat)- Equality in the military and especially in combat situations is like equality in hell. Lets say women were excluded from hell because God thought they were too weak to be there. What person in their right mind would try to insist that women should be in hell alongside the men? It doesnt make sense. In fact, I dont want to see my Black brothers and sisters losing their lives in one of these fruitless wars. I kind of think they were doing Black people a favor by excluding and segregating them from the military. If that policy had carried forward then it would only be White males losing their lives during the fruitless Korean/Vietnam/Middle East wars. The only good thing about segregation and discrimination was it kept fine Black men out of harms way. I know this is a radical opinion, but if you asked would I rather have White males dieing in these useless wars or everyone die in the war then my answer would be to exclude everyone possible.
Out of all these arguments, my answer is #3 and I am against women in combat. Women in combat just furthers the permanent war based industrial complex which has become part of the landscape of America. It allows "them" to send greater numbers of people out to be massacred. Keep in mind that future wars are going to be a lot more aggressive then what we see today. In a later post I will go into greater detail about our obsolete military. Today, armored vehicles seem to protect the soldiers and sailors sit out on a carrier without too much to worry about. Rest assured that isnt going to last much longer with the growing technology of Thermobaric munitions being placed atop ballistic missiles. Thermobaric munitions are 3-4 times stronger than their conventional explosive counterpart and some have stated they have a similar effect to a small tactical nuke. When these munitions are mounted on RPGS the result is utterly destructive where medium armored tactical vehicle is literally ripped in half.
Arguing about equality in todays military is like arguing during the Chernobyl disaster about who should be cleaning up the plant. Its a fruitless argument. So if the military wants to exclude people let them. They will not have any more people then what they have now to fight these useless wars. It is to note that you or I do not declare war on these places some of us cant locate on a blank world map. It is this war based industrial congressional complex which declares these wars. We as common citizens have absolutely nothing to do with this decision making.
Before anyone replies back with gestures of pride for the soldiers and patriotism let me stop you there. No war after World War II had to be fought. Hitler is now dead and long gone. Now we are chasing a bunch of guys around a desert wasteland which might as well be the moon. We dont even really know who these guys are exactly. If they are carrying an assault rifle then they must be the Taliban. If this same policy was in force here in the United States then they would have bombed the NRA convention and thrown Wayne LaPierre into Guantanamo. We have created a PERMANENT war based industry who cant seem to make anything else. I have to laugh, ironically of course, what a disgrace.
This isnt an argument of equality! This is an argument of who we should sacrifice to the BEAST we call the defense industry. When the beast came to our village, we threw at them the men and now the BEAST has come for our women...my sisters! Leave my sisters alone I say!
Before we can talk about women in combat, we must talk peace and disarming. Lets talk about taking money from the trillion dollar defense budget and tripling the money which goes to cancer research. Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you want equality, but we dont need anymore people sacrificed. We dont need any more people losing their life in the middle of nowhere for no other reason but to feed the BEAST.
Bring our troops home! Spend more money on education and research! However, do not take my sisters and leave my brothers alone too while you are at it. No one needs to die or lose their legs over in the wasteland that they cannot locate on a map against people we dont know. Do not feed the BEAST!!!
