[canalabamian]

I thought this was interesting. Sort of been distracted from the AF Academy situation because of the fighting in Iraq. Interesting. Has anyone heard from Pat or Gloria?

[patriciaruth]

Lori Piestewa's body was identified. She leaves two children.

During the Clinton years, when the armed services couldn't find enough men willing to serve in his army, the recruiters became P.C. and turned to women to fill their quotas. I'm sure the Clintons pushed this.

I am not going to demean any soldier serving in time of war by disrespecting the service of women serving now.

I think it is a terrible time to push a political agenda, for either side of this argument, and I don't like Shafley for taking advantage of the moment.

[David Isaac]

Our enemy's idea of using single issues to divide the people of America has certainly bore fruit. Labeling an issue as belonging to this or that demographic group produces a fine wedge.

[yoe]

"This is not only a tragedy for Johnson, it is a humiliation for the United States and a step backward for civilization"

But the feminists in the Clinton administration opened up more "career opportunities" for women in 1994 by getting the Pentagon to eliminate the "Risk Rule," a regulation that had exempted women in noncombatant positions from assignment with the "inherent risk of capture."

Who are the female officers who allow this feminist, socially engineered political correctness to prevail? Ask the captured women who make it back if this is “gaining ground”.

These military women are a long way from the Air Force Academy students who are also being socially engineered but for a different reason – sort of – the feminists want to stop all tradition of all male bastions even down to Augusta National; they want to stop all things traditional though they never wanted to attend the academies or play golf themselves. They had a hissy fit when one of their all female schools was about to be made co-ed. Some of the the AF co-eds were involved in illegal drinking parties, remember Tail Hook? They not only broke the Academy rules about alcohol, both male and females were partying when they weren’t supposed to be. The ladies in the latter case weren’t so innocent, if you want to go to an all male establishment, then you have to be above board at all times and that means acting and behaving like a lady and obeying the rules. Being captured by known terrorists is a whole different story. No woman should be on the front lines in a country that deplores the western woman. Political correctness? Ask your congressman and Senator why he or she approved the feminists agenda, don’t blame the Military, they are doing as told!