Posted on 10/10/2005 12:33:16 PM PDT by TChris
TAQADDUM, Iraq - If every male soldier here were having as much sex as he claims, his female comrades would hardly have time to fight the war.
Still, sex happens. And in Iraq, it happens a lot. It's hardly a national secret that male and female soldiers have been mingling for as long as both sexes have been in uniform. And, some soldiers are wont to point out, some male warriors have been finding comfort in each others' arms for as long as wars have been fought.
But with limited exceptions in other conflicts, there has never been a time in which American men and women have served, side by side and in such numbers, in units engaged in combat.
And troops here appear to be making the best of that situation.
Male and female soldiers in four Iraqi cities were eager to speak about what goes on when uniforms come off, but as sex at the front remains such a taboo with commanders, most asked for confidentiality, noting their careers were at stake.
In the plywood hallways lining the spaces between the steel shipping containers that serve as a dormitory, of sorts, for most of the enlisted soldiers of the 146th Transportation Company, soldiers meet and mingle and sometimes find a partner.
It is, they note, only natural for the teens and 20-somethings who make up the majority of U.S. forces in Iraq to do what civilians of their age back home are doing.
"They can try to keep us apart as much as they want, but they miss the point," said one female enlisted soldier, a Utahn.
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Seems like that headline could have been truncated after the first 6 words.
It would be cheaper, and more effective militarily to do what the French do: provide postitutes.
Allowing women anywhere near a combat zone is a recipe for disaster, but like with everything else these days political correctness wins out.
A dream come true...A .50 Call machine gun in one hand and a cute ass to slap with the other.
Gee, do you suppose that the taboos about women in the military that evolved over the centuries of human warfare had anything to do with this?
Find comfort where you will but please dont let pictures of US soldiers making whoopee turn up on the net.
Men and women should be nowhere near each other during combat.
And women should certainly not be on the front line.
I remember being in Saudi Arabia and a girl who would be marginal after 10 beers back home was dynamite over there. It must be hard for a girl, even a married girl, to resist.
I have heard sometimes a Man's Downfall is a:
Woman...
"And, some soldiers are wont to point out, some male warriors have been finding comfort in each others' arms for as long as wars have been fought."
Arms?
Already done...A guy was busted last week in Lakeland, FL that was running a website with such pics. Plus, soldiers were posting grizzly photos of dead Iraqis..
And the government only encourages them by providing condoms. The official policy of the United States should be abstinence only. If soldiers want to have sex outside of marriage, the taxpayers shouldn't be forced to pay for their contraceptives.
I was at a site in SA, two women out of 110 personnel...
That is kind of a naive statement society in general is having sex outside of marriage, military is no different.
Eve's side of the story:
After three weeks in the Garden of Eden, God came to visit Eve.
"So, how is everything going?" inquired God.
It is all so beautiful, God," she replied.
"The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking, the smells, the sights, everything is wonderful, but I have just one problem. It is these breasts you have given me. The middle one pushes the other two out and I am constantly knocking them with my arms, catching them on branches and snagging them on bushes. They are a real pain," reported Eve.
And Eve went on to tell God that since many other parts of her body came in pairs, such as her limbs, eyes, ears, etc., she felt that having only two breasts might leave her body more "symmetrically balanced," as she put it.
"That is a fair point," replied God, "but it was my first shot at this, you know. I gave the animals six breasts, so I figured that you needed only half of those, but I see that you are right. I will fix it up right away." And God reached down, removed the middle breast and tossed it into the bushes.
Three weeks passed and God once again visited Eve in the Garden of Eden. "Well, Eve, how is my favorite creation?"
"Just fantastic," she replied, "but for one oversight on your part. You see, all the animals are paired off. The ewe has a ram and the cow has the bull. All the animals have a mate except me. I feel so alone."
God thought for a moment and said, "You know, Eve, you are right. How could I have overlooked this? You do need a mate and I will immediately create a man from a part of you. Now let's see... where did I put that useless boob?"
Now doesn't THAT make more sense than the story about the rib?
"If you include all the girls who are having sex with girls, it's much closer to every one of us," said one female enlisted soldier from the 146th.
Hmmmm -
From my limited time and completely objective observations while in Iraq, that isn't really true. Marginal is marginal.
Or maybe I wasn't away long enough to make it true.
As for the rest of the story, I didn't observe the "relations" issue to be any different from that of a high school or college environment, from the stories I heard.
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