Mixed Up

Mixed Up

I’ve been slowly working on my second blog post, a movie review of Les Miserables, but Thursday’s news rattled my cage.  During a visit with my mother, her TV showed Leon Panetta, US Defense Secretary, signing a document lifting the ban on women in combat roles in the military.  This is a ban that has officially been in place since 1994, when President Bill Clinton allowed for women to serve in the military in non-ground combat roles.  As if that was not bad enough, our women will now be sent to the front lines.

The Bible teaches that this is a shameful thing.  Peter teaches us that husbands should treat their wives “as the weaker vessel”.  The lesson is that a woman is like a Ming vase, unique and priceless, worthy of being cherished and protected.  This is not saying that women aren’t strong, nor is it saying that their worth is less than that of men.  Quite the contrary.  This teaching addresses our attitude toward them such that we should esteem them.  Aren’t women and children what men fight for?  Does this mean that the government is now going to want to draft my daughters?  My future granddaughters?  I’d rather protect the women in my life than have them fight for me, just as God as Father protects us.

No matter how one feels about women in combat, though, the US still has its priorities screwed up.  We richly reward men who have been grown and cultivated to be giants, on average over 6 and a half feet tall and 250-300 pounds of muscle, to play games.  We pay them millions to chase and throw a ball, while at the same time, today’s official policy is to send young women into combat.  Our genetically bred warriors fool around, and we send little girls off to fight!  What is wrong with this country?