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Friday, March 07, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:08 AM:
AOL reports - no outside link yet - that there's an IG investigation into 54 rapes at the Air Force Academy. No word on the time period over which they occured, etc., but given that with the next class coming in, female enrollment will be around 700, that's fairly significant statistically. There are certain idiots who will take this as proof that it's two much trouble letting women in to the armed forces. There may be other arguments against females in the military, but this is not one.The IG investigation will have to determine the extent of the problem and the military justice system will have to punish those individuals deemed guilty. But let us say that of those who are guilty, they must be promptly punished and ejected from service. Our armed forces do not just defend us; they make the difference between America as conquering hero and America as villain. The problems we've had in Japan, for example, have made our soldiers pariahs among those they would protect and threatened our ability to act in an area where we have vital interests. Soldiers of all strikes who can't even negotiate these matters with fellow cadets should not be put in a position where we have to trust their judgment overseas. And female cadets should not have to be as worried about their fellows in arms as the enemy. Down below, I've noted General Patton's remark, "I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me." We'd better act to clean this up and send home loud and clear the message that this is foul, repugnant, and grounds for brig and banishment, lest our female cadets find themselves feeling the same way about those who are supposed to be the finest young men in the Air Force.
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