RIP - Kimberley Kitching.

Her funeral will be on Monday at
St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Brigadier Simone Wilkie, of Wikipedia fame, now retired Major General, via time-serving, could have been in harm's way as a platoon leader, but there is no record of her being in action. She has the usual gongs just for 'being there' plus a commendation for duty in 'war like operations', whatever 'warLIKE' means. All fairly cushy and tokenistic. At least she stayed out of politics unlike her ex husband.

Fine looking woman too, but still nothing about real blood and guts fighting, Foxy. I can help you a little by advising that TWO females passed selection for the SAS in 2021. Whether or not they finished I do not know, but they said to have 'made history'.

You will not find any other evidence of real soldiering by women.

As for it being "disgusting" how the term "mean girls" has been bandied about", what the mean girls did to Senator Kitching - bullying and cancelling - is much more disgusting and hypocritical. Mean girls is a very mild name for the three harpies. A good person is dead. They are still there.

Recognising and keeping in front of voters what these awful women did to her is not "detracting" anything from Senator Kitching, and it is reminding people of the types that infest Labor, who are keen to cancel even their own.

The Department of Veteran Affairs published a book in
March 2020:

"Australian Women in War: Service, Courage, and Care."

They felt that "The history of Australian women
in times of war is as vital as the history of men in
the same circumstances. Australian women have been
involved in a range of conflicts in locations across
the world."

We have the example of Simone Wilkie who retired as
a Major General after an exceptional military career spanning
35 years with operational service in Cambodia, Iraq, and
as the Commander in Afghanistan.

As for Kimberley Kitching and her private use of the term
"mean girls?" This has been politicised by the Coalition and
the Murdoch Press - and people who are more concerned about
about slamming Labor ahead of an election than they are worried
about workplace culture.

However, they won't succeed because Kimberley Kitching's
legacy is profound and will stand on its own for her family
and friends. All three so called "mean girls" will be attending
her funeral on Monday. And the Murdoch Press I'm sure will
give it full coverage and commentary - unbiased as always - of course.

Women soldiers will never be treated equally as men, because if they get captured they will, in all probability, be raped, and raped again, by their captors.

Referring to Albanese's double standards on the Kitching matter, IPA's John Roskam says that the issue is not that Kitching was bullied, "which she was", but that she was "cancelled" by Labor's leadership and removed from roles of any influence and responsibility because she stood for an era of Labor which is no longer dominant in the party.

"The modern left might embrace the diversity of identity politics but not diversity of opinion".

Kitching was a victim of the cancel culture of the left. "It is what Labor now does to its own", said Roskam.

Thank you for your opinions, Foxy; but I shall stick with mine.

ttbn,
War like refers to situations where war has not been declared but there is fighting going on and a real chance of being shot.
Peace keeping in places like Timor and Iraq and Somalia to name a few.

The Confrontation with Indonesia was a prime example as was the Emergency in Malaya.