There is a true scandal in DC……NO it is not Benghazi or IRS or AP….it is the sexual assault being batted around in the hearings process in Washington…….I was not going to post much on this situation because there are more qualified spokespeople to handle the rebuttals and such……but like so many other issues I cannot remain silent while shitheads flap their lips…….
As the story is unfolding…..some 6000+ American troops have been sexually assaulted and the military turns a blind eye……HELL! even some of the people that work to control and investigate sexual attacks have been charged with the same offense they were there to investigate…….I wish I could say that I am surprised but that would be a hardy chuckle……the military leaders are masters at covering their asses in time of trouble…….and this is NO different….
But the most incredulous things during the hearings are statements made by our cracker jack clowns that govern……
First let us hear from Georgia’s Saxby Chambliss……
“The young folks who are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22 or 23. Gee whiz, the hormone level created by nature sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur. So we’ve got to be very careful how we address it on our side,” Chambliss told top military officials at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “But guys, we are not doing our job. You’re not doing yours, and we are not doing ours with the rates we are seeing on sexual assaults.”
Next is another Southern asshat…….
During his questioning, however, Sessions brought up his concern that access to pornography on and around military bases was creating “problems” among the soldiers, sailors, and pilots:
SESSIONS: Mr. Chairman, I’d just add a letter, a document here that was given to me from Morality in the Media. Pat Truman used to be in the Department of Justice. I knew him when he was there. He points out that, a picture here of a newsstand and an Air Force base exchange with, you know, sexually explicit magazines being sold. So, we live in a culture that’s awash in sexual activity. If it’s not sold on base, it’s right off base. There are videos and so forth that can be obtained, and it creates some problems, I think.
Typical GOP tactic blame everything but the person doing the crime………
I am sure that these are not the last of bonehead pronouncements made by the GOP……the more they talk…the more they show their ignorance…….and the more they show their ignorance the fewer people will listen……the fewer that will listen will not vote for a party so out of touch………Maybe they should shrink wrap their tent before even more leave it behind………Good news to my ears!
Hormones and pornography were around when I was in the military in the 60’s and I can tell you that the sexual assaults on women were not as prevalent then as they are now. In fact, in my entire two and a half year enlistment (I got an early out as they downgraded MOS’s) I never even got a hint of sexual assaults occurring.
Part of the problem here is the type of recruit being accepted in today’s military. The all volunteer Army was pretty much accepting anything with a swinging dick back when they needed fresh bodies to throw into Bush’s wars. The other factor is of course that women are now training and fighting along side of men which will expose them more to the scum bags who are prone to abusing women.
Larry, you hit the nail on the head…..quality of the recruit……