Sisters In Arms

In the article "Sisters In Arms" by James Daq is about whether or not they should let Females go into combat in the War. In the article it says, "The Pentagon has vowed that standards will not be lowered to make it easier for women to join combat units."

Women in combat is not such a bad thing to some people. But to most people they feel that women in combat is not such a good thing. People think that if women were to go into combat that they would freeze up and hesitate and decide not to pull the trigger on the gun when it needs to be pulled. The article states, " They also question whether women have the physical strength to perform task required of some combat soldiers, such as walking for miles wearing heavy armor and carrying packs that can weigh 100 pounds."

Some women feel that the army has been holding them back. Some other women feel that this conversation about women being in combat is a waste of time. In the article it says, " Women have long said that by not recognizing their actual service, the military has unfairly held them back." article also states, " 'It doesn't even enter into conversation anymore,' " says Captain Jaime Phillips, a female artillery officer in the Canadian army. " It's just so ingrained in my generation that it seems silly to hear the same old arguments again."

I feel that there is nothing wrong with women being in combat. I say that because men are 'made' to be stronger than women doesn't mean some women weren't 'made' to be stronger than men. Just because women are a little more feminate than men are doesn't mean that they can't pull a trigger, or kill someone. I sit and watch a TV show called 'Criminal Minds' and there are episodes where as though women are committing murders, kidnapping, and doing other things that you would think i women wouldn't be capable of.

We are women, we are human and we carry are own weight just as much as the next person does. Why can't we fight in combat like men. Yes, maybe some women will freeze up when it is time to pull the trigger. That is why they test for things like that. They prepare for killing and shooting people. If a woman wants to go fight in combat because she feels that she is ready and is tired of the military holding them back to do medi-care on wounded soldiers, then let her fight in combat. If she decides to go out on that battle field and decides not to pull the trigger on the gun, then that is a life risk that she is willing to take. How would you feel if someone told you that you weren't able to do something because of your skin color, or because your to small, or because of the sex that you are, how would that make you feel?