Free Iraq

"Through last week, 27 (American) women had been killed in Iraq and five in Afghanistan.
Women driving a truck in Iraq or walking a beat as a military policewoman in "support" units in Iraq have instantly taken up the role of the combat grunt, engaging in running firefights with hit-and-run insurgents.
"I think what changed is that Iraq is different," said Army airborne Capt. Kellie McCoy…"Our doctrine [on women in combat] was suited for wars with front lines," McCoy said. "In Iraq, the front line is everywhere. Once you leave the [base] camp, you're on the front line," she said….
"In Vietnam, we were restricted on where we could go, we didn't go out on convoys," said Vaught, a Vietnam vet and president of the WIMSA Foundation. "More than ever before, the military is accepting that women are there to do a job," Vaught said. "If the job takes them in harm's way, well, that's the way it is."

The women of war December 14, 2004

"War's good for business. Invest your son** today!"
(Vietnam-era protest sign slogan)

** But now it can be your daughter who gets paid for killing savagely, or torturing people in prisons, in far-off parts of the world, and who in turn gets killed at the first opportunity, too.

The schizophrenia of the “American Way of Life”: Preach peace and democracy but rooted in genocide and violence on a subliminal level.

Going to (Liberate) others