Monday, April 18, 2005

politics: Shameless rationalizing

Thanks to Rachel Maddow, I was lucky enough to read this article from Newsmax republished at The Conservative Voice.

I can't really add much to what Rachel said (follow the link above), except to marvel at the ingenious confluence of sexism, rationalizing and just flat-out abnegation of reality. I mean, even if I were to grant their basic premise that the presence of women in Army units hampered their ability to go after Osama bin Laden, wouldn't that point to really, really bad planning on the Army's part (or, perhaps, it might suggest that women should be allowed to participate in combat) instead of the unworkability of allowing women in the Army?

*sigh*

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