60 Minutes Reporter Lara Logan Sexually Assaulted By Egyptian Revolutionaries

[Ichiban]

+1 A press pass is not a magic amulet against a mob.

The press seem to be the only ones taken with the majestic piety of their profession.

[dipisc]

HI;

     Just a note that the US Military is being made/study to have US Women serve/fight in combat units. I started in the military when women were clerks and other rear area support sections. With the so called need to be more tolerant for/to others I still feel that there is absolutly no reason to put women in foxholes or front line combat units.

     Just also must mention that I did serve with women in a communications unit and they were damn good troops for that type of work - some could also kick ass if needed in some conditions. Also most, if not all were lesbians and did not "flaunt" it.

     I know that women want to serve, I know they (most) will gladly deploy to a hostile area. I just think that most Americans do not want to have the women have to face rape and torture. It's bad enough that some are comming back without limbs - not to mention PTSD.

[nupe]

I just skimed throught most of the posts, but if it hasn't already been covered what I heard on Glenn Beck this morning is that she was raped several times.  Then to add insult to injury there was a "fellow" from NYU that made a few public comments along the lines of, I'm glad it happened to her, she deserved it for being a war mongler, and so on.  It guys like that, that I would really like to give a first hand demenstaration on how a bull calf is castrated durring branding season.

[tombogan03884]

The idea of not putting women in combat roles ignores the realities of modern warfare where there are no "rear area's"
Protecting them from injury, and PTSD ? How naive.
How many nurses died in Japanese POW camps ? Over 300 if I remember correctly.
Will a woman be less messed up physically or mentally if she is a nurse or clerk or radio operator when her convoy takes an IED ? Or a suicide bomber walks into the mess hall ?
Wake up and smell the real world. You talk about how great it is that woman are getting involved in shooting, if you only apply that stateside you're a hypocrite.