There is no doubt that women can serve in the military and make great contributions to success on the battlefield. This does not mean placing them in combat arms units is a good idea, where they would be required to face the enemy directly, fight hand to hand, and survive.
There is no second place in combat, and it is no coincidence that our two biggest adversaries, China and Russia, do not include women in combat arms roles.
Let’s look at what happened in the Summer Olympics when Imane Khelif, a welterweight fighter from Algeria, dominated women’s boxing. Khelif won every round on every judge’s scorecard in all three fights to claim the Gold Medal.
The Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her boxing match against Khelif after just 46 seconds. Carini, after she left the ring, said, “My face and nose were hurting … I couldn’t breathe anymore … I’ve never been hit with such a powerful punch.” Carini is no slouch; she won silver medals at the world and European championships in 2019.
It turns out Khelif is a man—a small, pathetic man—but a man nonetheless. Khelif says that is not the case, but there is a medical report confirming he was born with male characteristics, “including testicles and a micro-penis,” and he has no uterus.
So here we have Khelif, a 145.5-pound man destroying a same-size woman who was also a world-class boxer. We have seen numerous other examples of average men dominating women in the sport of their choice. Lia Thomas, for instance, as a male, was ranked 65th in the NCAAs 500 meter freestyle but rocketed up to 1st when he competed in the women’s division.
A blockbuster new report from the UN highlights the injustice of allowing men identifying as women to compete in women’s sports. “According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports,” according to the “Violence Against Women and Girls in Sports” study. That’s nearly 900 medals that women lost to biological males who identify as women.
If it is an evil injustice to allow men to compete against women in friendly sports, how could it not be a greater injustice to have women fight men to the death in combat?
In 2015, the Marine Corps conducted a comprehensive study of women in combat roles and found that all-male ground combat teams outperformed their mixed-gender counterparts in nearly every aspect during an infantry integration test.
Let’s be clear: it is of no surprise to all rational people that men and women are not equal, particularly in the physical realm, but also in their aggression and natural role as protectors. Testosterone is a powerful hormone. The genius Thomas Jefferson, paraphrasing Aristotle, stated, “There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.”
With Senator Duckworth prioritizing her radical Democrat social policies about women being equal to men in combat, she demonstrates she is disingenuous, “flat out wrong,” and “inordinately unqualified” to be a senator or representative of the people at any level.
Pete Hegseth, on the other hand, has shown great courage by sharing the truth in a world of false narratives by saying, “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated.”
Pete Hegseth’s on-the-record position confirms he is committed to the military’s mission, to fight and win wars, and that everything else is irrelevant. By taking such a bold stand in this woke world, he proves to all that he is exactly the person we need as the Secretary of Defense.
Additionally, Pete Hegseth has gone so far as to write a book called “The War on Warriors,” highlighting the damaging effects that the radical Democrat social policies are having on our military, and more importantly, what we need to do to eradicate these policies and make our military great again!
As a Marine Corps infantry officer with 28 years of service and seven combat tours, I could not agree more with Pete Hegseth and could not disagree more with Senator Duckworth. Additionally, in my 28 years in the Marine Corps infantry, I never met a warfighter who thought it was a good idea to have women in combat arms.
It appears the desire to push women into combat arms is completely aligned with the other radical Democrat policies designed to destroy America for a one-world government. Think of the damage that has been caused by open borders, reckless spending, defunding the police, facilitating the flow of fentanyl, and trafficking of women and children. None of these policies has made America great; instead, they have caused significant harm.
We have seen what a woke military operating under the radical Democrat social policies has brought us, including endless wars without victory or benefit, just money making for the globalist bankers, military-industrial complex, and politicians like Senator Duckworth.
We spent 20 years in Afghanistan, at the cost of invaluable blood and treasure, only to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. To make matters worse, the pullout was a complete catastrophe, costing the lives of 13 great American patriots and causing embarrassment around the globe. Recruiting is at a record low because young people do not want to join a military that pushes radical Democrat social policies over the mission of fighting and winning wars!
In summary, nothing gives Senator Duckworth the right to lie to the American people by pushing such policies on our military. Senator Duckworth, along with the other globalists within our government, has done significant harm to America. Let us pray they experience justice for trying to destroy America instead of Making America Great Again!
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