Greyhawk over at Mudville Gazette tells us about an interesting story that is no doubt supposed to make us even more upset about the war:
The latest Iraq war urban legend: Several female service members have died of dehydration because they refused to drink liquids late in the day due to fear of being raped by male soldiers if they had to use the women’s latrine after dark.
Say what you will about the story (be sure to read the whole thing). Here’s what is bothering me:
Why it matters: Because the Left believes what they’re told to believe. Random Lefty blog response via technorati:Female soldiers in Iraq are having to make an impossible choice: Risk being raped , or risk dying of dehydration. Many of them have ended up dead.
Nicole in London: Tales of Los Angeles Expat
If I get one comment from ANYONE saying that this proves that women don’t belong in the army. . . Grrrrrr.
And that last comment gets to my point.
Greyhawk pretty much shreds the story (now being perpetuated by Col Janis Karpinski, of Abu Ghraib fame) to bits. If it were true, it would be a horrible, horrible thing, and all of us at the Brief would be outraged. But considering how “shred-able” it is, wouldn’t the folks on the left want to tread pretty lightly before giving the “No Women In Combat” supporters ammunition like this?
(Hat tip: Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Corner)