An American Soldier Is Deployed To Iraq...

An American soldier is deployed to Iraq around 2005. One of the first things he noticed upon arrival was that women walked about 10 paces behind their husbands. He had never seen this before and asked his commanding officer why they did that.

"Iraq isn't as advanced as the US and women don't have equal rights here, they must walk behind their men as a display of subservience." replied his CO.

Ten years passed and the soldier was once again deployed to Iraq, this time to fight the Islamic State. When he returned, however, he was surprised to see that the women now walked about 10 paces in front of the women. Figuring that some societal change must have occurred and elevated women's status, he decided to ask an Iraqi man what prompted the change.

The man replied, "landmines."