Dummocrats

Dummocrats: "It's 2005. The United States has troops in Iraq as a peacekeeping measure while the Iraqi interim government gets their country put together. A story comes out about what the Pentagon calls 'sexual misconduct.' Namely, US troops have been going to clubs in Iraq which are frequented by young girls, some barely 12 years old, and engaging in sex acts with them. In return, the troops give the girls ten bucks or some food.

Further developments show this is probably the least objectionable action taken by US troops. In other areas, troops were actively looking for teen and pre-teen girls and sexually abusing them. When reached for comment, a Pentagon spokesman said simply 'Boys will be boys.' This on the heels of further revelations of US troops operating brothels and used US equipment to traffic women from other countries.

That would be pretty damned outrageous, wouldn't it? You think Tailhook was a scandal...the press would never let go of this story and I'd wager we'd get a Presidential resignation (if not impeachment) out of it.

Why then, oh why, the virtual silence on this exact story when the cast of characters is not the US military or the Iraqi people, but the United Nations, their 'peacekeepers,' and the residents of such countries as Liberia, Haiti, Burundi, and other countries?"