Kate O'Beirne: Fighting wars "a job for men, not women"

[edbermac]

During the March 15 broadcast of American Family Radio's Today's Issues, National Review Washington editor Kate O'Beirne asserted that "fighting our wars, engaging the enemy in this uncivilized thing we call war is a job for men, not women," then suggested that having women serve in the military was the equivalent of "a man sending his wife or daughter to check out" a noise that "sounds like a break-in." She said that "internationally that's just what we're doing by sending our daughters and our sisters to fight America's enemies."

From the March 15 broadcast of American Family Radio's Today's Issues:

O'BEIRNE: I, for one, do not believe that America's defense rests on the shoulders of teenage girls and young single mothers.

CHAMBLEE: Thank you.

O'BEIRNE: And yet, an awful lot of them have been deployed to Iraq. I have two fundamental problems. The most fundamental problem, to me, is my conviction that good men protect and defend women in the face of a physical threat. This in no way offends my sense of equality, because I think fighting our wars, engaging the enemy in this uncivilized thing we call war is a job for men, not women. Think of it on the domestic front. You know, if you hear a sound in the middle of the night coming from downstairs and it sounds like a break-in, what poor excuse for a man sends his wife or daughter downstairs to check out the noise?

CHAMBLEE: Yeah.

O'BEIRNE: And yet on a grand scale, internationally that's just what we're doing by sending our daughters and our sisters to fight America's enemies.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200603210004

You hear that, ladies? Get back in the kitchen where you belong! :sarcasm:

[Strong Atheist]

1. One of my favorite characters in science fiction (Cordelia Naismith

in Cordelia's Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold) says that combat is no place for women OR men... I would agree with this...

[lukasahero]

6. Agreed in full. eom

[MADem]

2. Get back in the kitchen, indeed!

Of course, if old Kate got back in the kitchen, that heat would probably melt that shitty facelift right off her ugly mug! That woman is a grade A nitwit!

[seemslikeadream]

3. I guess they're job is to clean up the mess

[Virginia Dare]

4. Just one little problemo Katie darlin...

The military can not function without women any longer.
:patriot: :patriot:

[OzarkDem]

5. And we still don't have equal rights

Wonder if ol' Kate will help us campaign for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment? Recall, the conservatives always said if it were passed it would force women into combat. Looks like we ended up losing on both counts.

[CBHagman]

7. For your reading pleasure...

...do not miss James Wolcott's March 12th column on this silly business of jumping on the manliness bandwagon.

http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2006/03/the_loin_sleeps.php

[LostinVA]

8. Why, I think that's an EXCELLENT idea! Seriously

ALL of the women should come out of the military IMMEDIATELY. No delay. Nope. Zero. Gosh.... look at all the empty slots, in support positions especially. Whatever shall we do? Oh? A draft?

DO IT. The American people will NOT cooperate with a draft for Iraq.

I'm emailing Warner and Allen right now to tell them I want all women out of the armed forces -- and the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine -- NOW.

[meow2u3]

9. Self-hating conservative women are more mysognistic than the men

Or so it seems.

She who hates herself hates her sisters, too. No wonder conservative women like Katie O'Burn and Mann Coulter hate women so much--they don't like what they see in the mirror.

[LostinVA]

10. Psych 101 -- and it's true

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Fighting wars is a job for mindless killers.

At least from the brass's point of view.

[TahitiNut]

12. Democracy is not a spectator sport, Kate.

:shrug: "Let George do it" is a catastrophic policy.

[Fleshdancer]

13. And yet when it comes to protecting the second amendment....

the same people who think women can't pull a trigger in war are the same people who say women should carry a gun to protect themselves here in the States. What about my vagina makes me capable of pulling a trigger here and not over there exactly?

Can I not handle war because of the stress? Does my vagina somehow impede my ability to think and work in stressful situations? If so, can someone please tell the female surgeons, police officers and other first responders? Apparently they shouldn't do their jobs either if this is the case.

We're not wielding 50lb+ swords anymore. Our war toys make killing easy for men, women and children.

If someone doesn't want women to fight in war, fine. We're all entitled to our opinions but at least be honest about the reasons why.

[cboy4]

14. This O'Beirne chick is sure giving Coulter a run for the money

as biggest right wing bitch in America.

I used to love watching Al Hunt, Mark Shields and Margaret Carlson on CNN's Capital Gang shoot holes in all of her fuckin idiotic and divisive theories!