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US and British press hail the 'liberal' policy that allows women to fight in the frontline
As even more countries fall victim to Anglo-American wars across Asia and Africa in the new year, The New York Times and The Times praise their respective governments’ plans to directly engage women soldiers in the ongoing genocides.
The Times, 25 January 2013
New York Times, 24 January 2013
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US and British press hail the 'liberal' policy that allows women to fight in the frontline
propaganda alert
compiled by Cem Ertür
25 January 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/us/pentagon-says-it-is-lifting-ban-on-women-in-combat.html?pagewanted=print
excerpts from: Equality at the front line: Pentagon is set to lift ban on women in combat roles (*)
by Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 25 January 2013
[U.S.]
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is lifting the military's official
ban on women [soldiers] in combat, which will open up hundreds
of thousands of additional front-line jobs to them, senior defense
officials said Wednesday.
The groundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts women from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles, even though in reality women have frequently found themselves in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan; according to the Pentagon, hundreds of thousands of women have deployed in those conflicts. As of last year, more than 800 women [soldiers] had been wounded in the two wars and more than 130 had died. […]
The decision clearly fits into the broad and ambitious liberal agenda, especially around matters of equal opportunity, that President Obama laid out this week in his Inaugural Address. (**)
The groundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts women from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles, even though in reality women have frequently found themselves in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan; according to the Pentagon, hundreds of thousands of women have deployed in those conflicts. As of last year, more than 800 women [soldiers] had been wounded in the two wars and more than 130 had died. […]
The decision clearly fits into the broad and ambitious liberal agenda, especially around matters of equal opportunity, that President Obama laid out this week in his Inaugural Address. (**)
(*) title of the print edition
(**) Inaugural address by President Barack Obama
The White House website, 21 January 2013
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/21/inaugural-address-president-barack-obama
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excerpts from: Women troops on march towards frontline combat
Armed forces set to follow US example by 2017
by Deborah Haynes, The Times, 25 January 2013
Women
in the British military are likely to be allowed to serve in combat
units after a ground-breaking decision by the United States to lift a
ban on frontline female fighters.
Britain must review its policy of preventing female soldiers from applying for certain jobs within four years. […]
Jim Murphy, the [Labour Party’s] Shadow Defence Secretary (*) , urged the [Conservative Party] Government to review Britain's ban on women participating in the sharpest end of warfare. […]
"We in Britain must maximise everyone's talent and courage for our military and so should look again at UK policy" [said Mr Murphy.]
Women soldiers, sailors and aircrew already undertake a wide range of tasks that put them in the line of fire, including as medics, intelligence officers and fighter pilots. They will also soon serve on submarines.
Britain must review its policy of preventing female soldiers from applying for certain jobs within four years. […]
Jim Murphy, the [Labour Party’s] Shadow Defence Secretary (*) , urged the [Conservative Party] Government to review Britain's ban on women participating in the sharpest end of warfare. […]
"We in Britain must maximise everyone's talent and courage for our military and so should look again at UK policy" [said Mr Murphy.]
Women soldiers, sailors and aircrew already undertake a wide range of tasks that put them in the line of fire, including as medics, intelligence officers and fighter pilots. They will also soon serve on submarines.
(*) A shadow minister (or secretary) is the member of the main opposition party in the British Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
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related articles:
Obama's inauguration, rhetoric versus reality. "I the people still believe in war"
What does this new 'liberal vision' actually mean?
by Richard Becker, Global Research, 23 January 2013
http://www.globalresearch.ca/obamas-inaugural-speech-rhetoric-and-reality/5320244
Inaugural hypocrisy
by Stephen Lendman, SteveLendmanBlog, 23 January 2013
http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2013/01/inaugural-hypocrisy.html
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propaganda alert:
UK tabloid: First British woman soldier to kill an enemy fighter
by Cem Ertür, Indybay, 10 December 2011
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/10/18702411.php
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