Whether you think women in the military should have the same role as men or instead pose a dangerous "distraction," the Army's new deployment of women in front line combat "support" shows starkly how overextended our Iraq venture is. Women make up about 10 percent of forces in Iraq.
from today's Boston Globe:
The Army maintains that it has not changed the overall Pentagon policy regarding women in combat, which limits women to serving on surface ships and in attack aircraft. But internal Army documents indicate the service is ignoring a 1994 regulation barring women from serving alongside units that conduct offensive operations.
Current US law prohibits women from serving in combat units.
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