For Female Marines, Tea Comes With Bullets

This article is centered around a controversial situation where three American women from the marines were forced to use lethal defense tactics in Afghanistan. These women signed up for a non violent job consisting of going to visit Afghan women in their home and reach out to them over a discussion and a cup of tea. It was a normal day for them until the bullets were fired. A civilian man was shooting at them for his home and killed one of their fellow women marines. Whose fault is this incident? Is it the women's own fault for getting themselves into a dangerous line of work? Or is it the fault of the marines at whole for putting the women in this situation when they originally signed up for non violent positions? In reality the women knew that they were in a dangerous situation but they were told that the positions they were taking would be completely clear of the danger. So it should not be considered their fault. But then again, the marines cannot be everywhere and neither can they control every civilian. So what can be done to abolish these incidents in the future?


-Jordan Goodman


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/asia/03marines.html?ref=world