Our thanks to Nigel for this (Mail, £). He writes:

It shows how mad things are if those who are to protect us don’t ensure standards are; “based solely on the operational demands of the occupation and the readiness needed to confront any adversary.” How anyone can seriously suggest this is “unfair” defeats me (as we risk defeat if we don’t have soldiers able to “confront any adversary”). 

In this country the legal requirement to have “gender neutral” standards has resulted in them being steadily reduced because women don’t reach them! I suppose at least the unequal standards in the US meant the men met the standards that reflected the operational demands. 

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