Female Soldiers Coming to Combat Near You

The Washington Times is reporting that the Pentagon is talking with civilian groups and the Secretary of Defense about placing female soldiers in co-ed front-line units. This would mean for the first time ever female soldiers would be finding themselves intentionally thrown into the hottest parts of war. This also means that for the first time we would be saying that it is okay for women to become prisoners of war, despite the fact that they are much more vulnerable to... well... the more personal kinds of torture.

I am not comfortable with this, and I have a few female friends in the service and have no problem with that in general. We have always provided extra protection to the fairer sex, understanding that we need one side to survive to protect the family and the homeland. I wonder if this will become an issue in the final weeks of the campaign.