Re: "Death toll of female troops 'troubling'"

"Mike" <yard22192@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1167191727.173160.113430
@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Death toll of female troops 'troubling'
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published December 26, 2006
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061225-110520-6688r.htm

The number of military service women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has
reached 70, more than the total from the Korean, Vietnam and Desert
Storm wars.
"Some have argued that the women who have died are no different
than the men," according to a report noting the 70 casualties from the
Center for Military Readiness, which opposes women in combat. "But
deliberate exposure of women to combat violence in war is tantamount to
acceptance of violence against women in general."

Women voluntarily sign on for danger and putting themselves in harm's way.
And now we hear people whining about it. Either accept it, or ban women
from military service altogether. No preferential treatment for anyone on
the basis of gender


the Curmudgeon

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