Just A Little Info About The US Military

[BoulderDawg]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...,2956277.story

Anne K. Ream's recent Op-Ed sheds much needed light on how the U.S. military continues to trivialize rape and sexual assault committed by members of the armed forces. Writing about whether a man who is convicted of rape in a civilian court should still be entitled to a traditional military funeral, Ream points out that although barring full honor burials in such a situation is largely a symbolic act, "the military policy of allowing honors burials for veterans convicted of rape sends a chilling message to victims: Even the most heinous sexual violence does not trump prior military service."

Hmmmm... so convicted rapists are afforded full military honors.....

[BoulderDawg]

http://www.aztlan.net/latinas_us_military_raped.htm

Rape within the U.S. Military: 1 in 3 women service members sexually assaulted at least once

1 in 3!!!!! And no one does anything about it

NOBLESVILLE, Ind.] – Investigators say he picked out teens and young women with backgrounds that made them vulnerable to authority. As a military recruiter, he had access to personal information, making the quest easier.

Indiana National Guard Sgt. Eric P. Vetesy, 36, Westfield, was jailed Monday, accused of sexually assaulting six female recruits – most of them Noblesville High School students – he met during his 18 months as a full-time recruiter. Hamilton County investigators said Monday he is accused of raping at least one recruit.

Not surprising

[BoulderDawg]

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0090303zg.html

The bulk are petty offenses, but in one of the most notorious cases, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was raped and left for dead by three U.S. serviceman on the southern island of Okinawa, reluctant home to the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan. That 1995 crime shook the half-century alliance, sparking huge anti-US rallies and cries of "never again." The pleas were ignored: Last year a 14-year-old was sexually assaulted by a U.S. Marine, one of several similar attacks on Japanese and Filipino women.

Protests forced the U.S. military recently to set up a "sexual assault prevention unit." Opponents say, however, that the incidents are an inevitable consequence of transplanting young and often traumatized trained killers (many of the soldiers are veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars) among a local population they neither know nor respect. "There will be no peace here until the military is gone," says Okinawa anti-base campaigner Rev. Natsume Taira.

[BoulderDawg]

And it just keeps going...I could show many more examples of the military in action.

Isn't it time someone spoke for the victims?

[Drake]

Funny. I personally saw a guy go down for many MANY years for consensual sex that later became rape because she regretted having sex with him. In fact, I dare you to do a bit of research and see who is more protected... civilian or military.

And I'm also pretty sure you didn't know that the maximum penalty for rape in the military is DEATH, and I'm absolutely positive you aren't aware of mandatory sexual assault courses soldies have to take, and I also know that you don't even know the protections for rape victims in the military as opposed to the civilian world.

Only a moron would read a news article and suddenly pretend they know how the military works.

[1bad65]

So in his eyes rape is bad, but physically assaulting women is ok.

[dimethylsea]

Only a moron would read a news article and suddenly pretend they know how the military works.

Oh NO! It's the return of the "you don't understand! You didn't serve!" arguement by the angry lifer.


Next we will probably hear the "well opinions differ" defense if someone who did serve in the military agrees with an anti-military sentiment!


I'd prefer just to put it very simply. "If you serve, you are WRONG.".

If you are a lifer.. then you are making a career out of WRONG.