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To: Kevin Curry
But it would be wrong--terribly wrong and short-sighted--to use this isolated incident as a justification for making women a regular part of front-line combat forces.

I don't see how it could possibly be used to justify putting women on the front line. She ran out of ammo, was captured, tortured, beaten, broken, raped, and who knows what else. If anything, this is a perfect see-I-told-you-so for the anti-women-in-combat crowd.

632 posted on 04/03/2003 3:40:20 AM PST by Sandy
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To: Sandy
Oddly, you should be correct but the PC folks have already lowered the bar in this case. She fired back and since she is a woman, that is a cause to celebrate.

I celebrate her survival...and luck to be alive. I am also happy she showed good spunk. She will need it to recover I fear.

She is a hero in a relative sense. Being called hero has been altered dramatically in this era. There are heroes...and then there are heroes I guess.
716 posted on 04/03/2003 9:32:16 AM PST by wardaddy (G-d speed our fighters!)
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