Here's one she missed

Reasoned Audacity has been shining a light on the issue of women in combat for some time now. Here is an interesting case that she might have missed. A young Tucson woman was killed last month when her Humvee was blown up by a roadside IED. Her dad has some interesting things to say about it all.

In response to legislation passed in the House of Representatives, Mr. Huff says that his daughter would have opposed the legislation that calls for keeping women out of combat situations: Bob Huff, a retired Tucson police officer, said the legislation is wrong. His daughter enlisted and risked her life by choice, just like thousands of other men and women. Even if he could rewrite history so such a law was passed before April 17, he wouldn't."My daughter would come back and haunt me if I said otherwise," he said.

Later he adds the following: Bob Huff said his wife, Maggie Williams, served as an air-traffic controller with the Marine Corps in Vietnam, and he worked alongside "plenty of girls in the police department, who did a good job."

With all due respect to Mr. Huff, it isn't about the competency of your daughter Sam or any other woman in the Armed Forces. It's about how civilized societies treat their wives and daughters, their moms and sisters. While Charmaine has focused hard on the practical problems with women in combat and combat-support units, I will continue to point out the immorality inherent in subjecting women to the vagaries of combat.