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The whiff of "well she shouldn't have been on the front line, women shouldn't be on the front line"
It's not just a whiff, that's a stated policy of the US military, isn't it? That women are not given frontline roles in warzones?
from google...
Women are nearly everywhere in the modern U.S. military. Nearly everywhere. They fly aircraft, drive trucks through dangerous areas, carry automatic weapons, guard prisoners and help provide a variety of critical functions, including their more traditional military roles as nurses and doctors.
But there is one main thing they do not do. U.S. military women are barred by law from being in units like the infantry and artillery batteries whose job it is to go out and engage the enemy in combat. But increasingly, there is a fine line between combat and non-combat jobs, especially in a place like Iraq, where there is no front line, and any unit can find itself in a firefight at any moment.
That's not to say that represents my opinion, of course. I don't really agree with the specific actions of the US military. But yeah, more generally I think everyone should be allowed to die if anyone is. |
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