Friday, February 01, 2013

Sexual Assault in the military?

Wow.

It showed up as a big issue in Hagel's confirmation hearing.

I'm of two minds on this.

First.  Geez.  Get the offenders out, slam the bastards in jail, throw away the key and chemically castrate them while you're at it.

But...

We're about to place  women in combat units?  We're expecting women to close with, and destroy the enemy by hand to hand combat if necessary?

Like I said I'm of two minds on this.  It doesn't make sense that we're about to put women into the  most macho, masculine, roughest parts of the military while at the same time the Commandant is admonishing male Marines to protect female Marines?

The world is upside down.  It doesn't make sense.  I just don't get it.