How is it that American troops in Iraq (and British ones?) have been shown to be “acting like thugs”:http://news.google.com/news?num=30&hl=en&edition=us&q=cluster:www%2esundaytimes%2enews%2ecom%2eau%2fcommon%2fstory%5fpage%2f0%2c7034%2c9504783%25255E950%2c00%2ehtml? Conservatives in the US blame women, feminists, Muslims, and the academic left. Our own home-grown conservative rag, “The Spectator”:http://www.spectator.co.uk/ weighs in “as well”:http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec294.html
the female reluctance to embrace the horrors of war can help to preserve peace. This could not be achieved by a feminised military, which might have the reverse consequence, as de-natured women degrade their sex… by feminising their forces, the Americans may also have brutalised them.
Like you say, the usual nonsense. What’s sort of bothering me (well losing sleep) is the inability of the US to learn anything at all. I’ve posted a couple of blogs on what looks like upcoming show trials of US troops to show the Iraqis what democracy is all about… yeah right!
Comment by Stephen Newton — 10 May 2004 @ 11:42 am
Sorry! That should read *NOT* losing sleep!
Comment by Stephen Newton — 10 May 2004 @ 11:43 am