I am horrified after reading the
article. I cannot even begin to fathom how our country can be backing the
leaders of a militia doing such atrocious crimes. Of course most of the
soldiers are disgusted by it, but they feel they have to remain silent in fear
of losing their rank. Although by law there is really nothing that can be done
about it I feel that the ones who do act out against it, like former Special
Forces captain Dan Quinn who beat up an American backed militia commander for keeping
a boy chained to his bed as a sex slave, he may have gotten kicked out of the
Army, but he at least brought light to the situation being evaded.
The sociological mindfulness of the
soldiers and police needs to be changed. They see all of this rape and sexual
abuse happening around them and stand by and do nothing. In a way they are just
as guilty as the abusers. The culture accepts the use of teenagers for sexual
needs and even sees it as a form of power. We are backing their militia in
attempt to defend them against the crimes of the Taliban, in reality some of
the crimes being committed by the militia are worse than the crimes that the
Taliban commits.
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