lady_kishiria | (no subject)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/19/women.combat.ap/index.html

The title is misleading. Yes, the Repugs are trying to keep women out of combat (which we're not officially supposed to be sent into anyway, but if the bad guys start firing, the bad guys start firing) which is in my opinion offensive and ridiculous. Why is my body more precious than

thincat's or Shadow's just because it doesn't have the same reproductive organs? Some would give me the "potential mother" line but sorry Charlie, I'm 40 and that dog won't even BEGIN to hunt with me. But what are they supposed to do, keep women quartermasters from delivering materials to Falluja? Go ahead, make the job harder! Fucking Repugs.

However I call attention to the paragraph stating that the House bill intends to extend health benefits full time to Reservists. This of course interests me very much. I'm trying to find out what Congresscritters I need to contact to encourage this behaviour.

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Word. And it's not like other industrialized countries don't do it.

Yeah, you don't see these neocons pressuring good 'ole buddy Israel to remove it's women from combat, which they've been doing since their inception in 1948. (trivia time: Did you know that miniature sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer served in the Haganah, the paramilitary precurssor to the modern Israeli Defense Forces? She was field medic and she even was wounded in action.)

And it's not just industrialized nations. You wouldn't believe how many Islamic countries allow women to serve in the armed forces. Just this week, there was news out of Pakistan about the first female combat pilot in their air force.

In Pakistan!?! Wow!

I thought Dr. Ruth had been a sharp shooter, sort of SWAT team, in the Israeli army. I remember being boggled and blown away during the TV interview with her.