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I take exception that conservatives, in the USA, think anything of a kind, and do not call Ukrainians those names.

That’s outright, False!

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You are right that they do not all think alike. The conservatives I had in mind are Paul Craig Roberts, Mike Whitney, Pepe Escobar and the like.

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Following evolutionary theory that tells us that in a dimorphic species, the little one gets to pick, it sounds like Oksana chose wisely. That you agreed sounds wise. Props to both of you.

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Can't directly address female CEOs, I doubt they are particularly skilled because they might be risk-adverse. But that makes them quite good at CFO, or as your personal broker. That pesky testosterone, competitive urge fades away if their goal is money rather than beating the other guy.

A good marriage may be exactly what you enjoy and kudos to my late wife. The male-female thinking complement often arrives at a better solution. Women certainly worry things we men often avoid, important things to boot. I do miss my partner. Somewhat like you it took several tries, none with such a tragic wake behind them.

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Sep 13, 2022·edited Sep 13, 2022

What do they call the process of determining whether a baby chick is male or female? Oh, right. SEXING. Genders are for Nouns.

The ladies are pitching in and doing their part. They are usual sight on the checkpoint between Gniden and Bortnichi. There's not an ugly one in the bunch (though not as beautiful as my Olena, of course). She's also served on the night watch, patrolling our street. I love her because she is awesome!

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Do you recall the section that Bob Homans wrote about the Ukrainian women snipers? I think there are some females in foxholes somewhere in Ukraine. I believe that I saw a photo of a group of them looking pretty sharp.

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The woman in question ran a sniper school in Kyiv. I don't recall that she was in the field.

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The woman trained women to be snipers.

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Women can be excellent shooters once motivated. They rarely are hasty and can remain calm. They have a place in any army but can be terribly ruthless. They shouldn't be placed in positions where hand-hand combat might be expected.

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There were some notorious female snipers in the Viet Cong, including Apache woman and Lam Thi Dep. That notwithstanding, war is a male enterprise. The presence of women and gays among the troops even in Vietnam sometimes led to some awkward situations.

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At the time we were aware that our Capt was gay. Don't think anybody really cared. I can recall being somewhat sad because of his difficulties. Our outfit had no females as far as I recall. But that was before 1966, things changed once I returned stateside and other duty.

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Nobody really cared. That's the story. The era gets a bum rap, as if we were all homophobes. All we would ask is that they leave us and our kids alone.

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