How come, even with all the mounting evidence (pun intended), no one is questioning the wisdom of having women serve in the same military units as men? The abuse in Abu Ghraib prison appears to be intimately linked to illegal sexual relations between solders in the Military Police unit supervising the captives.
(More of what I've written about women at war.)
I was a paratrooper.
Listen, women in the military are sometimes a bad idea, but they're not in the combat arms units, and for the most part they do good work.
I'm also fine with women working on planes, as mechanics, in personnel, as cooks, all kinds of things. Most of them are very professional.
I'm fine with female fighter pilots, I just want to make sure they can do it as well as a man.
And many of them can.
I don't think breasts should get in the way of being able to do pushups, but I acknowledge the physical differences between men and women and know that most of them do a good job. And believe me, there are plenty of shitbag male soldiers.
And I don't care if they're getting laid. Lots of women in the military get laid. But just because they're getting laid doesn't mean they're shoving baseball bats up prisoners asses. No, I think it's a good thing this hasn't been turned into a referendum on women in the military.