women in war article

Sunday, August 26, 2007
Women at War

Recently a female ex-Army officer complained that one of the reasons that the Defense Department was not meeting their recruitment goals was because women were not allowed to wear high heels.

The Defense Department has been castigated because women servicemen were becoming dehydrated in Iraq because they were afraid to get up in the evening and go pee by themselves. Women were supposedly uncomfortable having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night in a war zone, and therefore they were not drinking enough water, and consequently they were dying of dehydration (one woman died).

Apparently the solution was to go pee in pairs. It was supposedly the fault of the Defense Department for not allowing and or telling them to do so.

The fact that these women were also issued a full automatic service weapon (M-16) along with various grenades, and bullets--even armor piercing ones--was insufficient to make them feel comfortable peeing alone. They needed a 'girl friend' to give them courage.

When asked why they were concerned about peeing alone, they cited the possibility of being raped on the way to the bathroom. Of course using an automatic weapon would be insufficient to stop a 'super rapist.'

These are the front-line recruits whose mission it is to defend the USA against any and all evil forces.