So military action has begun. The link provides a good idea of the kind of special forces that will be or may already be involved.
We know that these particular Muslim Fundamentalists deny their women the most basic freedoms and rights. Afghan women may not be seen outside their houses except under the escort of a male relative. In public they are clad in oppressive robes as they are forbidden to display a single square inch of skin. They may not hold jobs, widows must beg in the streets… the list goes on.
Now here’s my idea. Create a special forces unit composed entirely of women. Surely in the aftermath of the recent disasters there must be plenty of women already serving who would volunteer for such hazardous duty.
Imagine the humiliation, the utter demoralization of the al Qeada or Taliban when they find themselves captured, routed or utterly defeated by such a force.
Your idea is based on the assumption that the women would co-operate. Sadly, cultural indoctrination means a great majority of these women would never dare even think of it and some wouldn’t even be aware of an alternative.
Previous post was directed at nra_babe. Slow typing.
dpr, I should have made myself more clear. What I was speaking of was women already serving in the US Armed Forces. Obviously the Afghan women are not going to rise up and fight their neighbours, but as a propaganda tool, this kind of operation could teach them that they can and should be fully equal and capable members of society.
Hate to be such a party-pooper, folks, but what if the female special forces don’t accomplish their mission? It’s not that I don’t wish these troops every success, but the efforts by American special forces during the Iran hostage crisis and the attempt to capture a warlord in Somalia don’t exactly inspire confidence.
Yeah, but almost ever single other mission they have accomplished certainly does inspire confidence in me. The US (and British) Special Forces units are no one to be fuckin with. Of course, everyone is bound to screw up sometimes.
Hey, let’s not give up hope before they’ve even begun!
It’s only fair that we let women have an opportunity of their own to screw up a special forces mission.
Besides, the nature of such missions is that they are well publicised when they fail, but kept secret when they succeed.
At any rate, just look at the advantages. It would be a source of pride and a movement towards greater equality among American women, and a crushing blow to the morale of the enemy.
And, hey. Let’s not elevate this to an earnest debate. If I’d wanted a serious discussion I would have put this in GD.
But could you let us hang out toghther for a couple of months first? So’s we can get our cycles synchronized. That way, you’ll be able to send a special force of PMSing women over there.
I think it’s kinda the opposite, actually. We heard all about “Desert One” in Iran or the debacle in Somalia, but we never hear about…well, obviously, I don’t know what it is we never hear about. But people always say “Oh, you never hear about the successful ones”. 'Cause the successful ones don’t wind up on CNN with pictures of crashed helicopters or cheering crowds dragging the bodies of Americans through streets and stuff like that.
Fair 'nuff, I won’t be so down. I would like to amend my original statement to say “…didn’t do to well” instead of “don’t exactly inspire confidence,” as that is less of a value judgment.
Now, Persephone brings up a good point. A bunch of heavily-armed PMSing women ought to scare the daylights out of anybody.
Hell, with those robes, we could just outfit all of delta force in the robes to pretend to be women(or that ones that are women can just keep really being women), anyway, you could hide an assault rifle under there. They could walk right through the middle of town, and nobody would know who they are
Admittedly that makes this post kind of a force fit, but rather than start a new thread I’m going to capriciously break my own rules. But hey, as the OP, that’s my right, right? (Sheepish grin)
Here is a facinating Salon article about an active women’s resistance movement in Afghanistan.
