Women fighting in war is wonderful.
Boys are just as smart as girls. They really are; despite what college admissions would lead you to believe. The mouth breathing knu...
Boys are just as smart as girls.
They really are; despite what college admissions would lead you to
believe. The mouth breathing knuckle
dragging tasks required for a modern society to function, say like moving heavy
objects are still important, however. If
any man isn’t offended so far then I recommend just concentrating on breathing
in and out.
It takes only a pound of pressure for a trigger squeeze to release
the firing pin. The sore problem females
face is that many ubiquitous objects are made for large humans to handle, like
a rucksack filled with spare ammunition or sheets of plywood. Defending yourself and others in combat, in
other words, throwing lead downrange, aiming at targets (people) is easy. Having the will to kill someone is hard. But women have had that in abundance since
the first wife murdered her husband in his sleep (he should have known it was
coming).
There’s lots of examples of women doing courageous things in
wartime service. Captain Linda
Bray, of the 519th MP Battalion, successfully lead her soldiers against a
Panamanian Special operations unit during the “invasion” there in 1989. After the successful capture of Manuel
Noriega, she didn’t receive the Combat Infantryman Badge she deserved. Lack
of recognition for valor doesn’t help recruitment, guys.
In modern air-land warfare the battlefield is in 360 degree
surround. Moms driving trucks in
military convoys between forward operating bases must know how to fight
effectively too.
In Scoundrels
in Iraq, I tell the accounts of women in charge, doing the grunt work, Iraqi
mothers, even those we would consider the enemy. The efforts of unsung heroes aren’t narratated
within big battles, but without their service the war doesn’t get won. It isn’t just the Infantry Boys who are
fighting on the other side of the planet. Finally, let’s hear it for the girls.
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