Which makes it all the more astounding that the phrases "our men in uniform" and "our fighting men" are so often used when we are describing soldiers as untouchable forces of good.

It might have something to do with women not being in combat positions... but who knows?

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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside