Tasmania - no gender on birth certificates

[brian ross]

Brian O'Connor says: "Women are powerful enough to take down most men psychically."

Who is "Brian O'Connor"?

[brian ross]

In Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Army found that it had a load of women performing combat duties. They excelled.

Not entirely true as you present it and it depends on the 'combat duties' undertaken/performed.

Combat duties - using their firearms to defend themselves and others, taking part in attacks on enemy positions, undertaking patrols, etc., BO.

[Black Orchid]

You use the word "combat" very loosely Brian. In the ME soldiers routinely have to carry packs weighing 30-50kg constantly for many many miles.

Women do NOT have the stamina, nor the endurance, to keep that up and would eventually slow the team down.

I would love to see you telling American soldiers your theories

[brian ross]

"In Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Army found that it had a load of women performing combat duties."

Yes. As Medics. I already said to you — don't argue with me on matter you don't grasp, Aussie. I'm subbed to a lot of channels and one of them is FUNKER 350. It's the biggest channel for combat footage from Afghanistan and Iraq. I've literally never saw women being in the field.

You're telling stories again. And serving as our scapegoat, and so we can have a crack of laugh on ya.

They carried and used their firearms. That a TV camera wasn't present isn't material to the discussion. I have read accounts of them being used in firefights, patrols, etc., written by both men and women. I used to correspond with a female US university professor who was studying this very topic during the US occupation of Iraq. She had some interesting stories to tell.

[brian ross]

You use the word "combat" very loosely Brian. In the ME soldiers routinely have to carry packs weighing 30-50kg constantly for many many miles.

Women do NOT have the stamina, nor the endurance, to keep that up and would eventually slow the team down.

I would love to see you telling American soldiers your theories

Never been to the third world, have you, BO? Women routinely carry heavy loads, long distances there. Are you suggesting that Western women are weaker? As I've said, I've know some very well build women over the years in the Australian Army. They'd never have won a beauty contest but they could haul heavy stuff all day.

As for American soldiers, I have discussed this extensively - even they are starting to admit that women have a role in the modern military. Time to catch up, BO, get with the 21st century. Leave the 19th century behind.

[FLEKTARN]

Can't you just google "Brian O'Connor", you lazybones. I didn't know what a "dyke" meant today, I read it here, so I googled it and found in just a second that's it's a word for a lesbian.

You're just Brian O'Connor. 100%. Cocky, nervous, and always — wrong. And "always a sucker" hahaha how Toretto used to call him.

I don't care about your Karate videos either.

[Black Orchid]

You use the word "combat" very loosely Brian. In the ME soldiers routinely have to carry packs weighing 30-50kg constantly for many many miles.

Women do NOT have the stamina, nor the endurance, to keep that up and would eventually slow the team down.

I would love to see you telling American soldiers your theories

Never been to the third world, have you, BO? Women routinely carry heavy loads, long distances there. Are you suggesting that Western women are weaker? As I've said, I've know some very well build women over the years in the Australian Army. They'd never have won a beauty contest but they could haul heavy stuff all day.

As for American soldiers, I have discussed this extensively - even they are starting to admit that women have a role in the modern military. Time to catch up, BO, get with the 21st century. Leave the 19th century behind.

Brian we aren't talking about camels or random women plucked out of the third world. You really don't have a clue

It's not me who needs to catch up. You are still back in the 7th century defending your favourite *cough* 'minority'. And who cares that women do Karate? Sure they do and often better than many men BUT that is not the point of discussion.

Do carry on though

[brian ross]

You use the word "combat" very loosely Brian. In the ME soldiers routinely have to carry packs weighing 30-50kg constantly for many many miles.

Women do NOT have the stamina, nor the endurance, to keep that up and would eventually slow the team down.

I would love to see you telling American soldiers your theories

Never been to the third world, have you, BO? Women routinely carry heavy loads, long distances there. Are you suggesting that Western women are weaker? As I've said, I've know some very well build women over the years in the Australian Army. They'd never have won a beauty contest but they could haul heavy stuff all day.

As for American soldiers, I have discussed this extensively - even they are starting to admit that women have a role in the modern military. Time to catch up, BO, get with the 21st century. Leave the 19th century behind.

Brian we aren't talking about camels or random women plucked out of the third world. You really don't have a clue

It's not me who needs to catch up. You are still back in the 7th century defending your favourite *cough* 'minority'. And who cares that women do Karate? Sure they do and often better than many men BUT that is not the point of discussion.

Do carry on though

I am talking about average women, BO, not "camels" or "random women plucked out of the third world." Women who can, with proper training, be the equal of men. Not all men are created equal, you realise? Men are above and below average in height, strength, weight, etc. just as women are. You have strong men just as you have strong women.

Just 'cause you've been raised to think of women as "the weaker sex" doesn't necessarily make it true, BO.

As for my defending Muslims - I do so on the basis that until they have been proved to have done something wrong they are innocent. You need to realise what it is to be a modern, 21st century Australian, BO. You really do.

[Black Orchid]

Woman are NOT equal to men either physically nor mentally/emotionally Brian. WE ARE DIFFERENT and made to compliment each other NOT TO BE EACH OTHER!!

This nonsense you spout about transgenders having "overcome natural evolution" is just that. Absolute nonsense.

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Just 'cause you've been raised to think of women as "the weaker sex" doesn't necessarily make it true, BO.

Don't assume to know how I was raised as you will get it wrong EVERY time. I certainly do not think women are the weaker sex. Men and women BOTH have their strengths and weaknesses. They are just not the same Brian.

Like I said, we are made to compliment each other and NOT to be each other. It's a pretty simple concept really.

[FLEKTARN]

People, listen. Brian O'Connor is right. In Iraq women are not only equal but also stronger than men.

Look at this video, a boxing match in Iraq between a female boxer and an amateur male boxer.

O'Connor is right. Women are great at fighting versus men. The woman on the video below fought by taking as many punches as she could...with her head: