Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Does the trial of Lynndie England offer fresh evidence against women in the military? Read the excellent New York Times article combing the court transcript for melodramatic storylines. Even more remarkable is the extent to which romantic and sexual entanglement seem to have played a major part in the overall permissiveness at Abu Ghraib.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No, it offers fresh evidence against admitted wife batterers with arrest records in the military.

Anonymous said...

It offers pretty clear evidence that the sexes should be separated in the military and that discipline, morale, safety and old-fashioned common sense are lost when sexual attraction is present among the ranks.

That Dude said...

"No, it offers fresh evidence against admitted wife batterers with arrest records in the military."

Dude, that's pretty naive.

Anonymous said...

There's also the possibility that this would not have been permitted in a unit with good leaders. (Hanky-panky being strictly forbidden, carefully policed, etc.) I'm not sure how practical that is, though.

I think it was Peggy Noonan that said that it would be nearly impossible for a man and a woman who were partners and police officers NOT to fall in love. You'd think that urge to link up would be even stronger in the military.

That Dude said...

No matter how good the leader(s) you put men and women together and in the immoratal words of my friend Two-Dog.."Shit is gonna happen"

Military leaders at any level shouldnt have to waste time with this in friggin' war time.