A Sad Symmetry

Am I the only one who sees an odd, sad symmetry in two apparently unrelated events? The first is the whole-hearted suicidal participation of a young mother in the San Bernardino shootings. The second is the announcement that all combat jobs in the U.S. military will be open to qualified women.

What Tashfeen Malik did is entirely off the charts, beyond reason, and in conflict with bedrock human nature. In a strange way, what Ash Carter announced for DoD is almost as irrational. 

Our last generation of heroes was the Greatest Generation that won WW II, To the extent any are still alive, they must call both events examples of raving insanity. Perhaps we should listen to them?