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• • 05 Mar 08
  • 11:58 am

  My argument is backed by personal observations through the years and by medical reports. Female soldiers are raped more frequently than civilian females. This is indisputable via military admissions of cases. One wonders how many times they coerce females into shutting up about the matter? Perhaps you lack the experience or imagination to be aware of the problems. I don't know so I can't comment about your level of intelligence. Once someone is convinced of the rightness of their position they are called a right wing conservative. They stop accepting any evidence that is contrary to what they believe. So be …

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• • 03 Mar 08
  • 1:28 pm

  All patriarchal organizations and societies deny the value of women and treat them as being at fault in any violent interactions with males that may require the male to be punished. I have never seen the military do any more than render lip service when pressed to correct the situation. Male oficers are very reluctant to punish other males for actions that would require taking the word of a female over that of a male. They will deny that they are being unfair or prejudicial but will proffer the notion that it is quite likely the female instigated the matter or …

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• • 04 Mar 08
  • 3:20 pm

  Seems like you must have been in Iraq and know how easy it is to urinate in public in front of your tent mates into a can. Nothing to it, as they say. Surely all male soldiers like to be awakened in the night to escort females to the latrines and stand outside waiting for them to finish. Carrying a gun at all times is also a neat trick. No one will question a shooting of an aggressive male during the night outside a latrine. It would be assumed that he was being difficult and the woman had no choice but …

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• • 09 Mar 08
  • 4:35 am

  I forgot that airconditioning came to Iraq on the same day that the soldiers did. It slipped my mind that Camp Victory was built up and ready for the GIs just before they showed up for combat. I'm sure that the physicians who determined that the deaths were due to dehydration are incompetent oafs hired by GW Bush since he refuses to hire anyone who can actually do a job correctly. I apologize to all of you who know that reality is not real. I am also aware that when a scapegoat was needed for Abu Ghraib the only one that …

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