Okay, I'm sorry but I have to revisit the Gitmo story again because Michelle Malkin has brought to our attention this asinine editorial by the increasingly out of touch New York Times. It seems that the NYT has their panties all over their head worrying that female interrogators at Gitmo acted like sex workers in their attempts to find out what the terrorists could say about past and future plans to kill as many Americans as possible.
But there is one abuse about which there can surely be no debate, even among the die-hard supporters of President Bush: the exploitation and debasement of women serving in the United States military. This practice must come to an immediate end, and the Pentagon must make it clear that such things will never be tolerated again.
Surely no one can approve turning an American soldier into a pseudo-lap-dancer or having another smear fake menstrual blood on an Arab man. These practices are as degrading to the women as they are to the prisoners. They violate American moral values - and they seem pointless.
Yup, compare our female soldiers to prostitutes. That's a sure sign of respect. My only question is if these methods worked and they got information. If so - great. Dance away. If not, scrap them and go to the next plan. Perhaps Gail Collins thinks that these ladies were degraded as they tried to do their job to prevent the next terrorist attack, but I suspect that the female soldiers don't mind running their hands through a prisoner's hair if it means getting some good information. How does the NYT suggest that we interrogate these people? No torture, no hint of threats, no deprivation of any kind, and no lap dances. I'm not sure what position the NYT took on Christine Aguilera or reading Harry Potter. Will we be reduced to sending in Barney to sing happy songs to them?
Okay, I'm sorry but I have to revisit the Gitmo story again because Michelle Malkin has brought to our attention this asinine editorial by the increasingly out of touch New York Times. It seems that the NYT has their panties all over their head worrying that female interrogators at Gitmo acted like sex workers in their attempts to find out what the terrorists could say about past and future plans to kill as many Americans as possible.
But there is one abuse about which there can surely be no debate, even among the die-hard supporters of President Bush: the exploitation and debasement of women serving in the United States military. This practice must come to an immediate end, and the Pentagon must make it clear that such things will never be tolerated again.
Surely no one can approve turning an American soldier into a pseudo-lap-dancer or having another smear fake menstrual blood on an Arab man. These practices are as degrading to the women as they are to the prisoners. They violate American moral values - and they seem pointless.
Yup, compare our female soldiers to prostitutes. That's a sure sign of respect. My only question is if these methods worked and they got information. If so - great. Dance away. If not, scrap them and go to the next plan. Perhaps Gail Collins thinks that these ladies were degraded as they tried to do their job to prevent the next terrorist attack, but I suspect that the female soldiers don't mind running their hands through a prisoner's hair if it means getting some good information. How does the NYT suggest that we interrogate these people? No torture, no hint of threats, no deprivation of any kind, and no lap dances. I'm not sure what position the NYT took on Christine Aguilera or reading Harry Potter. Will we be reduced to sending in Barney to sing happy songs to them?
