The journey from there to here

Our resident bigot is now accusing US soldiers of gang raping women. What proof has he provided (and he has been asked)? None, save the speculation that it has been done through history.

He is also, of course, blaming the war on Christianity; I'll get to that point later in the blog.

As to the gang raping accusation, however, there has not been ONE credible allegation that there is ANY practice of this among our soldiers, let alone WIDESPREAD practice. This is another hate filled diatribe from Al Qaeda's local affiliate station. Bagdad "Mack" (names have been changed to protect the guilty) is on the air.

We have seen a media that has made every attempt to destroy the morale of our soldiers and discredit the efforts and ethics of those who are fighting this war, rather than the policies of the administration that has authorized it. If this media had even UNSUBSTANTIATED reports of gang rapes by our soldiers, I assure you, they would run it (have we all too soon forgotten the Newsweek flap?). The fact is, there IS NONE.

The interesting irony is that this liberal America hating faction is responsible for funding groups such as the ACLU, who promote not only "innocent until proven guilty", but even innocent long after, as long as the possibility of a technicality remains.

But that innocence until proven guilty is not provided our US servicemen, many of whom have made great sacrifices to serve their country, and who do not deserve to be treated in the same manner as Vietnam vets were upon their return home.

Bagdad Mack is just a shill for the liberal bigots.

Now, to the point of Christianity: it is no more fair to blame this war on Christianity than it is to blame the actions of a MINORITY of Muslims on the religion of Islam. Many Christians are peace loving, many oppose this war greatly, and still others remove themselves from the world of politics entirely. George W. Bush is not the head of a single Christian denomination, and HIS actions, nor those of the senators of his same party, should not be allowed to be considered representative of Christianity.

Methinks Bagdad Mack's applying for a position on "Air America".


Comments
on May 28, 2005
One would think anyone concerned with rape would address systematic rape-as-warfare first, instead of villainizing a nation that punishes it as a crime. The same with nuclear proliferation; they pick some footnote of American behavior and overlook massive faults elsewhere.

The point isn't the sin, it is the sinner. It makes them sound smart to their ignorant counterparts to bash the US, so they will.
on May 28, 2005
The point isn't the sin, it is the sinner. It makes them sound smart to their ignorant counterparts to bash the US, so they will.


Very astute. And it makes you wonder how deep is their hatred. That now they attack all americans lays bare their feeble attempts at saying "support the troops, not the war".

In the end, they will be shown to be the jerks they are. And they will go back to their 'illuminating' ways of huffing.

Sad, not for them, but for their spouses. And family as well.
on May 28, 2005
well...personally...there are many liberals around here that have always "supported" the troops. But, i knew that it was just political bs. The same for the many liberals that are throughout the US....they "support" the troops, but it is just political bs.

If they so support the troops,then why do they run to hang them at the very least of an accusastion?

i know why....political bullshit
on May 28, 2005
MM says: "But, i knew that it was just political bs. The same for the many liberals that are throughout the US....they "support" the troops, but it is just political bs."

You are wrong. Not everyone (liberal OR conservative) that gives lip service to "supporting the troops" actually does so. Many conservatives support the troops only by way of supporting the war and do not give a damn about those fighting it.

I am a liberal, and I "support the troops." Not just words. Action.

You would do well to stop vilifying all people you label as liberal.

Gideon says: "As to the gang raping accusation, however, there has not been ONE credible allegation that there is ANY practice of this among our soldiers, let alone WIDESPREAD practice."

"We have seen a media that has made every attempt to destroy the morale of our soldiers and discredit the efforts and ethics of those who are fighting this war, rather than the policies of the administration that has authorized it. If this media had even UNSUBSTANTIATED reports of gang rapes by our soldiers, I assure you, they would run it (have we all too soon forgotten the Newsweek flap?). The fact is, there IS NONE."

I agree completely. While there have been misdeeds by some of our Soldiers (which is bound to happen when place that many people in an atmosphere where there is constant fear of death and often the illusion of being so far removed from normal society that "no one will ever know"), when abuses and crimes are discovered, the military goes out of its way to discover the scope and causes of the problem, punishes those involved, and often incorporates new training to avoid future incidents.

If our Soldiers were going around gang-raping Iraqi women, we'd be seeing a man in a Class A Army uniform with lots of ribbons giving a news brief about it. This is not the type of thing that can be down-played.

Further, if our news media got even the slightest hint that this was going on, it would be on the cover of every news magazine out there, the front page story on every newspaper, and liberal and conservative talking heads would be duking it out along with a retired military man in a bad suit on every single news station being broadcast in the US. No news agency would sit on a story like that.

Discipline is a key word with the military, and if Soldiers were caught doing this, their commanders would not hesitate to hang their asses. Beyond the horrific nature of what is being accused, if our Soldiers were gang-raping Iraqis, it would be a huge blow to the mission over there, and the military is NOT going to look the other way as a group of Soldiers seeking personal amusement undermines the mission.

Thanks for writing this.
on May 28, 2005
No, Bagdad Mack is confused, he wanted to talk about Muslims gang raping Sudanese women because they are too black.
on May 28, 2005

I am a liberal, and I "support the troops." Not just words. Action.

We know you do.  I did not mean to cast all liberals that way.  I was talking about the liberal leadership.

And as an aside, MM is kind of confusing as we have Mythical and ModerateMan. This time it was apparent who you meant, but it may be better to do more (and I am guilty of it as well) on the name in the future.