The editor should have required Colonel Roush to define his targets more accurately. As for the various issues, their resolution will depend on future circumstances. There is a role for women in the armed services, and it ultimately will be based on capability and need. We'd do well to get those factors right and not let them be overshadowed by other considerations. Abuse is a relative term, but does have its uses, as today's practice is very often tomorrow's abuse.
Accountability goes with leadership.
Again, our standards are something of a moving target without full agreement. Too bad John Adams didn't provide us with a list of all those dissolute and immoral practices he had in mind. I used to discourage my pilots from attending Tailhook conventions, not because I considered them immoral or dissolute, but because they seemed to feature conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, so to speak. Either Jim Webb is the walking embodiment of the Antichrist on earth, or Colonel Roush has written an unbalanced and unprofessional polemic. Having known Mr. Webb for nearly 30 years and having read the two articles and one book that Colonel Roush blatantly misinterprets, I am inclined to believe the latter.