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| US defence department says sex abuse is rampant in military |
| 2010-12-30 |
| I hope this is wrong. [Turkmenistan News] - US troops have been involved in a multiplicity of sexual abuse complaints according to a new report. Statistics and testimonies from military personnel have revealed that sexual assaults recur with each new intake of soldiers. Over 3,230 complaints were recorded in 2009 according to the US Department of Defence. The report says there was an 11 percent increase in sexual assaults in fiscal 2009 compared to the previous year. The report claims one in every three women complains about being sexually assaulted while serving in the US military. The US Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that sexual abuse happens in the US military at rates twice that of the civilian average, meaning women who join the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than they are of being killed by enemy fire. Somehow I doubt being killed in the line of fire would be anything like a close second. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #11 There ya go again Skid, watching me try to read... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-12-30 21:49 |
| #10 I'm afraid you military folks have not seen anything yet - wait until someone complains about guard duty because of sexual orientation. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-12-30 21:48 |
| #9 Sorry, Rob, but we will never get the Turkmenistan army story because it is covered by the Ay Pee, heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-12-30 20:31 |
| #8 Now let's have the equivalent stats from the army of Turkmenistan. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-12-30 18:20 |
| #7 Some people are sight readers, some subvocalize mentally or inaudibly. Some move their fingers and lips like Pan. I'm mental so propagandistic is just a delightful sounding word to read over and over again. Thanks. You're right OS, but we're talking about how we don't like the taste of the fruit instead of examining flaws in the seeds that grow the crooked trees. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-12-30 14:44 |
| #6 Conflation of terms. They freely mix "complaints", "abuse", "assault" and "rape", although each of these has a very specific legal usage and differs greatly from the other. This is not to discount that there may be a problem, it it to highlight the slanted and propagandistic construction of the article. This will play into the "US Military is composed of Criminals" theme that they had in an Islamicist propaganda movie in that region a while back. Its propaganda. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-12-30 12:59 |
| #5 As I remember, unsolicited propositions of 'Hey Captain, let's go get a beer...' counted. In my experience even suggestions of favoritism as in gender preference/discrimination ('I want a girl Nurse...') could be remarked upon. When reported, these events get rolled into the numbers. But I think we're missing Lotp's point by playing with the words. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-12-30 12:27 |
| #4 Notice the old (yellow) journalistic technique practiced here? Simply alternate statements of "complaints" to statements that insinuate conclusive acts. And as long as it gets traction in the lefty pubs and blogs they've accomplished their goal. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-12-30 10:19 |
| #3 The US Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that sexual abuse happens in the US military at rates twice that of the civilian average, meaning women who join the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than they are of being killed by enemy fire. Analyze the statement. How do they define sexual abuse? Notice how they converge sexual abuse with rape later in the sentence. While rape is sexual abuse, all classifications of sexual abuse are not rape. How many women have been killed by enemy fire by year in the last five years? What is the writer trying to imply by construction and implication without providing hard numbers? |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2010-12-30 09:24 |
| #2 I haven't seen the latest stats, but this is consistent with statistics I did see when more directly involved with DOD. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-12-30 09:00 |
| #1 A US domestic story from Turkmenistan News? What's next, internal Polish politics as published by the Zimbabwe Free Press? |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-12-30 03:50 |