Right, Gonneke, no matter their job and certainly not as a way to sort of 
'blackmail' people to stay in a job that ought to be done by people with 
high ethical standards who are motivated to do it (that is: to help in 
difficult situations, not to fight unnecessary wars that cause so much 
misery) and not by those who are lured into it (or forced to stay in it) 
because they are too poor to find other ways to take care of their family... 
or have one to begin with! How 'free' are people to choose if that is the 
situation...? This is not freedom, this is disguised pressure. And what is 
the impact of this pressure on the motivation? What does the feeling of 
being torn apart between child and army do for psychological and physical 
health of those subjected to it? Sorry... the whole discussion really gives 
me the creeps... :-(
I'd like to reiterate my earlier question: "Imagine there's a war and noone 
participates?" (Answer: then there would BE no war!)

Bye,

Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands (and remembering another statement 
from highschool times: "I was born after the war and I'd like to keep it 
that way.")

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gonneke van veldhuizen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] Health coverage for mothers in military


So the US system forces a woman with child to choose between the child 
having a mom or having healthcare? May I find this barbaric and highly 
uncivilised?
Well, this remark ofcourse is coming from someone in a country where 
healthcare is seen as a human right for all inhabitants of the country, no 
matter their job or citizen status.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer, puzzled in southern Netherlands

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