What took so long?

[cally]

Women assigned to special ops

Death highlights women's role in Special Ops

WASHINGTON – Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died on the front lines in southern Afghanistan last weekend, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women.

White, like other female soldiers working with special operations teams, was brought in to do things that would be awkward or impossible for her male teammates. Frisking burqa-clad women, fo...f Kandahar, underscores the risks of placing women with elite U.S. special operations teams working in remote villages.

Military leaders and female soldiers in the program say its rewards are great, even as it fuels debate over the roles of women in combatops.

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111025/ap_on_re_us/us_special_ops_women/print

[DFab420]

1. Honestly? The arguments I've always heard was about the degradation that can come unto a captured

female agent vs male agent. Involving rape, more overt torture etc etc..Not claiming women are weak, just that the situation would be better served avoided.


Not that I support that argument, it's just one that pops to the forefront of my mind.

[JI7]

3. a lot of women are sexually assaulted by other military members

[DFab420]

4. This is true too. nt

[Scuba]

2. How about if we quit believing we're the policeman of the world? We can't ...

... even provide for our own People, for crying out loud.