[stevem]

For instance, she said, because of cultural and religious reasons, a U.S. male solider could not perform a body search of an Iraqi woman.

I'm still not sure where I come down on this issue. I have always tended to feel about it the way Elaine Donnelly does, and I surely have been deep in her court regarding other military issues.

This particular sentence stated as a reason why females must be in combat roles is pretty weak.

[David Isaac]

It is very weak, especially in light of an article, whcih was on FR some time ago, concerning the large number of civilian contractors who were and are present in Iraq. The job of searching female captives could have been performed at a secure location by women hired specifically for that purpose. To use this one instance as the basis for an argument for the inclusion of women in combat outfits, only shows the overall weakness of that argument.

[usmcobra]

Funny how they left out what happen to Shoshanna Johnson entirely.

Next item on their hit parade, preventing women from driving military vehicles.