The Power of Weakness
William S. Lind: "Some years ago, I asked an Army friend, a sergeant major in the medics, how he disciplined the many women in his unit. He laughed and said, 'We just let them do whatever they want.' When I expressed astonishment, he replied, 'Look, it just isn't worth it. Anytime you discipline a woman, she may try to get even by accusing you of "sexual harassment." And since, as a man, you are presumed guilty until proven innocent, your whole career is on the line. So we let 'em do whatever they want.'
This unpleasant reality of life in America's 'PC' Army may have relevance to the roles of female MPs in what went on in Abu Ghraib. At General Karpinski's level, the effect of the ideology of cultural Marxism, which defines women as 'victims' and men as 'oppressors,' was undoubtedly more subtle. If one of her male subordinates, say a colonel, or a peer, or even a superior officer, had raised issues that might have damaged the career of 'a senior Army woman,' his career would immediately have been in jeopardy. He would probably have been 'counseled,' and his concerns quietly suppressed. Even now, when asked her present status by the Washington Post, General Karpinski replies, 'I am still in the Army Reserves. I am still in command of the 800th Military Police Brigade.' Under the rules of cultural Marxism, because she is a woman, she remains untouchable; any man in her situation would by now have been relieved of command, at the very least. What happens to an Army full of women when women may not be disciplined? Exactly what we have seen at Abu Ghraib."
This unpleasant reality of life in America's 'PC' Army may have relevance to the roles of female MPs in what went on in Abu Ghraib. At General Karpinski's level, the effect of the ideology of cultural Marxism, which defines women as 'victims' and men as 'oppressors,' was undoubtedly more subtle. If one of her male subordinates, say a colonel, or a peer, or even a superior officer, had raised issues that might have damaged the career of 'a senior Army woman,' his career would immediately have been in jeopardy. He would probably have been 'counseled,' and his concerns quietly suppressed. Even now, when asked her present status by the Washington Post, General Karpinski replies, 'I am still in the Army Reserves. I am still in command of the 800th Military Police Brigade.' Under the rules of cultural Marxism, because she is a woman, she remains untouchable; any man in her situation would by now have been relieved of command, at the very least. What happens to an Army full of women when women may not be disciplined? Exactly what we have seen at Abu Ghraib."
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