Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 Let Women Fight > Take all American women who are within five years of menopause - train us > for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, > moisturizer with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned tuna > drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of Afghanistan, and > let us do what comes naturally. > > Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard > stuff like grocery shopping and paying bills, is formidable enough to make > even armed men in turbans tremble. > > We've had our children, we would gladly suffer or die to protect them > and their future. We'd like to get away from our husbands, if they haven't > left already. And for those of us who are single, the prospect of finding a > good man with whom to share life is about as likely as being struck by > lightning. We have nothing to lose. > > We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the carbohydrate > diet, and the grapefruit diet in gyms and saunas across America and never lost a > pound. We can easily survive months in the hostile terrain of > Afghanistan with no food at all! > > We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers in bars, > hardware stores, or sporting events...finding bin Laden in some cave will be no > problem. > > Uniting all the warring tribes of Afghanistan in a new government? Oh, > please ... we've planned the seating arrangements for in-laws and > extended families at Thanksgiving dinners for years ... we understand tribal > warfare. > Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know every trick there > is for how ! they hide, launder, or cover up bank accounts and money sources. > We know how to find that money and we know how to seize it ... with or > without the government's help! > > Let us go and fight. The Taliban hates women. Imagine their terror as > we crawl like ants with hot-flashes over their godforsaken terrain. > > I'm going to write my Congresswoman. You should, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 Let Women Fight > Take all American women who are within five years of menopause - train us > for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, > moisturizer with SPF15, Prozac, hormones, chocolate, and canned tuna > drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of Afghanistan, and > let us do what comes naturally. > > Think about it. Our anger quotient alone, even when doing standard > stuff like grocery shopping and paying bills, is formidable enough to make > even armed men in turbans tremble. > > We've had our children, we would gladly suffer or die to protect them > and their future. We'd like to get away from our husbands, if they haven't > left already. And for those of us who are single, the prospect of finding a > good man with whom to share life is about as likely as being struck by > lightning. We have nothing to lose. > > We've survived the water diet, the protein diet, the carbohydrate > diet, and the grapefruit diet in gyms and saunas across America and never lost a > pound. We can easily survive months in the hostile terrain of > Afghanistan with no food at all! > > We've spent years tracking down our husbands or lovers in bars, > hardware stores, or sporting events...finding bin Laden in some cave will be no > problem. > > Uniting all the warring tribes of Afghanistan in a new government? Oh, > please ... we've planned the seating arrangements for in-laws and > extended families at Thanksgiving dinners for years ... we understand tribal > warfare. > Between us, we've divorced enough husbands to know every trick there > is for how ! they hide, launder, or cover up bank accounts and money sources. > We know how to find that money and we know how to seize it ... with or > without the government's help! > > Let us go and fight. The Taliban hates women. Imagine their terror as > we crawl like ants with hot-flashes over their godforsaken terrain. > > I'm going to write my Congresswoman. You should, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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