Soldiers, Female Soldiers at that...

By the time I was nine years old (1951) I had formed the opinion that a standing army in peacetime is an abomination, and that those who permit themselves to be made soldiers of are fools--or worse.  I have never since seen any reason to change my mind; nor has the subsequent addition of females to the category of soldiers in any way softened my verdict:  All soldiers, male and female, who are so by preference, and not by force of involuntary conscription, are fools, cowards, thugs, criminals, and moral cretins.  It doesn't surprise me that female soldiers are commonly raped by their superiors, nor do I consider the raping of soldiers a criminal act.