Brian Mitchell

About the Author: Brian Mitchell is a former U.S. Army infantry officer and intelligence agent. Mitchell, now a reporter for Navy Times newspaper, is the author of the controversial book Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military.

Lies can’t live forever, as we have seen in Eastern Europe. One result of the U.S. invasion of Panama may be that Americans will finally learn the truth about women and the military.

It didn’t take long for the truth to come out of Panama. First came a report that a female officer had led American soldiers in an assault against a “heavily armed” attack dog kennel, capturing the kennel after an intense three-hour firefight that left three Panamanians dead.

But that report was grossly exaggerated...