Asking Too Much from Our Fighting Women

Over the weekend, the New York Times had a long article on women serving in the military. I stand in awe of the courage of the Marine women featured in the article - and all the women who volunteer for dangerous female-engagement teams and similar missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Capt. Emily Naslund, the women's team commander quoted in the piece, has our brave soldiers and Marines exactly right: "You've got 19- and 20-year-olds walking around in the world's most dangerous place, knowing what could happen to them, and they're willing to do that anyway, and they're willing to do that with passion." More...