Women GIs: Raped and Ignored

From The State comes an article yesterday that women GIs are returning telling tales of rape by and very poor support and care from their male counterparts.

There are so many sad and terrible aspects to this story. But do you know what I find particularly egregious? So many (right-wingers especially) have beat their chests that women shouldn't be in combat. I suppose they're right, but only insofar as that no one should be involved in war. Period.

But they'll take this issue as another reason for citing why women don't belong on the front line. It's hardly news that some people always find women responsible for those issues some men cannot control.

Listen to Rush Limbaugh sometime. Listen to our president's jokes about women. Remember that smiling picture of a bunch of fat white men all smiling around the president as they signed the first of a number of planned measures to all but rule out a woman's right to choice over her own body.

Last week, when the Right to Life groups marched on Washington, Georgie was right there to call in to give them his support. See, he never shows up at those. That would look bad. By calling in, he makes the Right to Lifers happy while avoiding a messy photo op that could come back to bite him in his ass. Any woman who votes for a man like that is a fool, at best.