Megan H. MacKenzie Quotes


It is time for the U. S. military to get over its hang-ups and acknowledge women’s rightful place on the battlefield…. There are physically fit, tough women who are suitable for combat, and weak and feeble men who are not.


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Megan H. MacKenzie, Australian Political Scientist, Expert Scholar of Female Soldiers, “Let Women Fight”, Foreign Policy, November / December 2012

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