tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766273935038042110.post7752101209854418087..comments2023-10-17T03:30:00.824-05:00Comments on Prudence for Dummies: Women Rangersmushroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766273935038042110.post-58887046261849418922015-05-12T11:25:14.943-05:002015-05-12T11:25:14.943-05:00You are right. They will have blood on their hand...You are right. They will have blood on their hands if they keep this up. And/Or the good ones will stop enlisting. I would advise the grandsons to avoid the military at this point.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766273935038042110.post-47335748693841696302015-05-12T08:00:32.630-05:002015-05-12T08:00:32.630-05:00I agree, Mush. Standards should never be lowered t...I agree, Mush. Standards should never be lowered to fill quotas or to make people who can't meet those standards feel better about themselves.<br />There are very good reasons why it's so important to be able to lift and carry a fellow soldier who is wounded to safety, as one example of many.<br /><br />Also, political correctness is bad enough, but it's even worse during a battle.<br />It gets people hurt or killed. Not just the physical stuff either, but the mentality.<br />We have lost good warriors because of the failed idea that we can still win hearts and minds or because of insane Rules of Engagement dreamed up by idiotic bureaucrats who have no idea what the reality is.<br /><br />The US Navy used to keep the sea lanes free, but now we don't even protect our own allies and let Iran, which still sponsers terror, pirate an allied merchant ship.<br /><br /><br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.com