[skeeter]

I don't think its paranoia. In the early 90's Cpt Linda Bray was credited for being the first woman to lead men into battle by crashing her jeep into a guard compound & spraying the enemy with .50 cal machine gun fire. She was trotted out before all four morning talk shows, and eventually Rep. Patricia Shroeder (D-Colorado) was using Bray as an example of why laws barring woman from combat should be repealed. Never mind the initial reports of here actions were totally bogus.

Though the Army must take the blame for originally producing the exaggerated reports of Bray's heroics, this illustration justified the fear and mistrust of "mob journalism" spreading inaccuracies and blowing stories well out of proportion. The Linda Bray example shows how the media in Panama was often more interested in story ideas that provided sales and exposure rather than ones that provided accurate information.

[HairOfTheDog]

It is paranoid to think that there is a serious issue that anyone is pushing for "women outnumbering men on the battlefield" and "majority female divisions". It was a straw-man argument, and a silly waste of time. That is what he alleged in the post I responded to when I called it paranoia.

The issue of anyone blowing Miss Lynch out of proportion was not addressed in the post. Not that anyone with an agenda isn't capable and likely to blow anything out of proportion. Of course they are. Both sides are capable of that.