Reply #1: Why are so many of you so hostile to this report.

[Ripley]

It is a fact that this is the highest number of women soldiers killed at one time. That is what is significant as well as the fact that women are not "allowed" in combat operations.... yet here 4 of them were killed by enemies in a combat situation.

I think the media should cover all soldiers deaths every day in detail and respect they deserve. But what is up with this semi-hostility that the media is talking about dead women soldiers?

And it is an issue. A lot of Americans seem to think the women in uniform are somehow not in a war zone. And if this makes them think twice about how bad shit is going down over there, then good.