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Thread #64128   Message #1046474
Posted By: mack/misophist
02-Nov-03 - 08:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: US soldiers wed Iraqis?
Subject: RE: BS: US soldiers wed Iraqis?
Note to j0hn from Hull: I have.

The military has always been death on soldiers marrying while in a war zone. Even in an occupied country it requires the commanding officer's consent. The rationale that's been used in the past is that the guys are usually young, unsophisticated, and horney and the women are often just looking for support checks and/or American citizenship. Fair or not, that's the way is.