Comments on: Pregnancy banned while deployed; feminists shriek

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:38:52 +0000

Actually,

I saw this a few days ago and I was wondering if and when Cassy would write a post on this.

I talked to several people concerning this when I first heard about it and I totally agree with Cassy. In fact, most of the women in Cuculo’s command do support this (and have written letters condoning this decision).

Steve L,

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. If your clerk truly was fantastic, she wouldn’t have gotten pregnant just as the shooting was going to start. Sorry, but your example shows how much of a problem this actually is.

Pregnancychart,

I’m not even going to respond to your comments because they’re so dumb.

Justin,

My thoughts exactly.

I R A Darth Aggie,

So having pregnancies in a warzone IS a morale booster? Especially when they have to be taken off the line to care for the kid? Not really sure where you’re going with this. As for the snickering, I’ve heard reports that suggest otherwise.

The fact is that the military is one the most, if not the most, serious profession in the world. It’s one of the few where a simple mistake can literally get many people killed. If one can’t handle that basic fact, then maybe they (this applies to both genders, BTW) shouldn’t be in the military.

Sorry, but the military really shouldn’t be a testing site for social experimentation. You put men and women together like that and you’re going to have issues like this. It’s pure and simple biology (no matter how much feminists want to suggest otherwise).
Cassy already addressed this, so I won’t go into much detail on this.

I read an article about a month ago that has the Navy having similar problems, so it’s not just limited to one branch.

Once again, I don’t really see why Gen. Cucolo’s decision is such a problem with people.

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:03:07 +0000

Hey, way to boost morale, there, Major General Cucolo.

Don’t take me wrong, Cassy, I understand the General’s problem.

It’s just that everyone under his command below the battalion command company is snickering at him behind his back. So General Cucolo has taken his problem, and made it worse.

At least he hasn’t issued the women under his command chastity belts.

Now, in fairness, will he also be disciplining anyone turning up with an STD?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:30:40 +0000

“This is an outrage. Who do those fools think they are? Like pregnancy is a BAD thing or something? Like it should be illegal? Something has got to change, and fast.”

You can’t have pregnant people running around in a warzone.

It scares me that people can actually be this stupid. In a sane world, this would be entirely uncontroversial.

By: pregnancychart

pregnancychart — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:54:27 +0000

This is an outrage. Who do those fools think they are? Like pregnancy is a BAD thing or something? Like it should be illegal? Something has got to change, and fast.

By: Steve L.

Steve L. — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:34:39 +0000

During Desert Storm, I was the personnel officer for an artillery brigade. My best soldier was a female SP4 clerk. She was a vital part of our cell. Two days before the war began, she came to me and told me that she was pregnant and was being sent home. She was trying to hide the fact she was pregnant because she knew what would happen and she did not want to go home. When we started to take the nerve agent preventative pills, she became concerned about the effects they would have on the baby. That’s when she made the decision to come forward.