Blog Entry #8: Women in Combat 

Can we just sit and think about how scary some of the things that you see in the news are. Women are officially allowed to go into combat! The Secretary of Defense made a historic decision to allow women on the battle field. I am usually the type of person to say "Yes! Women should be allowed to do anything men can!" Although in this case, it's the total opposite. I am definitely not 100% comfortable with the idea of women being on the first line. We have a tendency to listen to our feelings and thinking rather than just doing. For those of you who have seen the movie The American Sniper should remember the seen where Chris was aiming his gun from the top of the building at a 5 year old boy. He wasn't positive of what the boy was holding but it looked like a bomb he was brining toward Chris is other troops. Chris trusted himself with what he saw and shot him. Do you think a women who had a 5 year old kid at home would shoot that little boy? Honestly, she had to be one strong women to shut every motherly instinct out of her body. This to me isn't a great idea. I can't speak for the women in the military because some may be strong enough to do it and I am grateful for those but I just feel from knowing and speaking to women who are in Afghanistan that even killing another person isn't as easy as it seems. Everyone has their own opinion but you won't ever know if you can do it until that moment comes.