[IGOTMINE]

I spent ten years in the Marine Corps...six in the infantry and four in intelligence. Bottom line is that I would like to see the women's role in the military minimized, but Poohbah has it right...not enough guys are enlisting.

I belive that Lynch's case is set to be politicized beyond what the poor woman knows at this point.

[peeve23]

I have no doubt that they're gonna try to turn Lynch into GI Jane. Anyone who knows anything knows that no woman could really pass Seal training....or Ranger training for that matter. (The world's best female marathoner would kick male ass on HER event. But ask her to do the heavy lifting part and she's doomed.)

However, we need to remember LYNCH was a SUPPLY CLERK. That means she basically shuffled papers and stored things on shelves. Every troop, though, needs to know how to use their M-16. To her credit when the chips were down, apparently she shot at the bad guys. I'd hope my wife would do the same to protect her life.

We need to trumpet that she protected herself with a WEAPON and that makes it a gun issue proving NRAs position. Maybe they'll back off.

She took a beating, too, and survived. She gets my respect for that. It's just possible she's one of those gutsy girls that you wish your son would bring home.