GOP takes on Franken

With NO APOLOGIES to those who've been Forcefully Attacked and Raped by their rubber stamped no bid Private Government Contractors, War Profiteers Especially, instead they Attack the messenger seeking Justice for those who have been!!

Dec. 3: The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson talks about why Republican senators are rallying against an amendment introduced by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. The amendment would prevent the government from doing business with military contractors.

5 Life Sentences - Good!!

I've been wondering why I hadn't caught anything more about this.

Ex-Soldier Gets 5 Life
Sentences for Iraqi Girl Rape, Family Murders

A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members.

"What the defendant did was horrifying and inexcusable," U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell said in sentencing to Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland, Texas. "The court believes any lesser sentence would be insufficient."

A civilian jury in western Kentucky convicted Green in May of raping Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, conspiracy and multiple counts of murder.

Green shot and killed the teen's mother, father and sister, then became the third soldier to rape her before shooting her in the face. Her body was set on fire March 12, 2006, at their rural home outside Mahmoudiya, Iraq, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.........Rest Here

Not only did he do what he did to Abeer and her family, but the blowback on his fellow soldiers started shortly after that, those numbers will never be known but as happened in 'Nam it happened in Iraq, and any war, especially when outright atrocities occur!!

RIP Abeer and your family, RIP!!

The Female U.S. Soldiers.......

Book tells of female U.S. soldiers raped by comrades

Female U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have more to fear than roadside bombs or enemy ambushes. They also are at risk of being raped or sexually assaulted by fellow soldiers.

"The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" a book based on 40 in-depth interviews, recounts the stories of female veterans who served in combat zones and tells of rape, sexual assault and harassment by male counterparts.

Some were warned by officers not to go to the latrine by themselves. One began carrying a knife in case she was attacked by comrades. Others said they felt discouraged to report assaults. >>>>>Read More

Lets Examine Some More of Our 'phoney' Soldiers

The 'rush' would have enjoyed this series from NPR's All Things Considered, Women in Combat, as would his minions. 'Phoney's' one and all! Their experiances, their treatment, their dedication, their service to country and fellow 'phoney' soldiers. If the 'rush' and his minions had listened that is.

You see the 'rush', as well as most who bow to his hypocrisy, being so articulate and knowledgable, with understanding and experiances beyond us all, Know War, Know Real Soliers, Know The Experiances In Theaters of Actions, hell he, they, know everything, just ask him, them, if you can get beyond his screeners when even bothering to take calls. He gives the talking points to the 'think tanks'{?} of those who refer to themselves as republican{?} and conservative{?}.

And as we all know most of those minions are big strong tough males, just like the 'rush'. Who, like the 'rush', don't bother with living the experiances before commenting on same, hell they don't read about nor watch, to much to fill their 'beautiful minds', they Just Know, and will band together to pass on All That Knowledge!

You see those who actually live the experinces can't have Minds to think for themselves, so the 'rush', and his minions, need to fill that 'void' and stop others from 'manipulating' those empty minds.


The series started on monday Oct 1st and covered differant reports by Michele Norris each day till friday the 5th.

You can read and listen to each report by visiting the differant pages of the All Things Considered NPR site.

The first report, Roles for Women in U.S. Army Expand, reports just as the subject title states, the roles of women in the military.

Since 2002, women have served nearly 170,000 tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pentagon rules dictate that women may not be assigned to ground combat units. That means they are not allowed to serve in the infantry or as special operations commandos.

But women are serving in support units as truck drivers, gunners, medics, military police, helicopter pilots and more.

On tuesday Michele brings to us The Experiances of Three Women, on the Ground, In Theater

Women serving in the U.S. military make up about 10 percent of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although they aren't assigned to ground combat units, they are experiencing combat nonetheless.

On wednesday she takes a look at Both sides of the issue of Women in the Military

The current Pentagon policy governing women in combat dates back to 1994. Then-Secretary of Defense Les Aspin wrote that "women shall be excluded from assignment to units below the brigade level whose primary mission is to engage in direct combat on the ground."

Thursday brings us a Report on Sexual Assaults on Women in the Military

Since 2002, the Miles Foundation — a private, nonprofit organization that tracks sexual assault within the armed forces — has received 976 reports of sexual assault in the Central Command Area of Responsibility, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan.

This page also gives us a related report by Gloria Hillard on The Deep Scars for Many Female Vets

Female soldiers have been returning from Iraq with not only combat-related trauma, but also with deep emotional wounds known as military sexual trauma. A 2003 survey of women using the Veterans Administration health care system reports that 28 percent experienced at least one sexual assault during military service. And that sexual trauma, combined with combat trauma, makes women far more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder.

On friday, the last and final day of these reports, we are given a report by one female soldier On Her Injuries and Military Service

To date, more than 80 women have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, and hundreds have come home with combat injuries.

Her injuries, loss of both legs, and rape by rank.

"We were out there every day, patrolling, doing checkpoints, raiding villages, searching villages, searching females. That's what I was used for primarily," she says with a laugh. "We were out there doing everything."

Now if that isn't enough about our 'phony soldiers' you may want to visit This Report in todays LA Times

For 15 months, their platoon was sent where the violence was worst. Many lost friends or faith in their mission, but 'at least we made it alive,' said one soldier.

On the battalion's first run through the city, it was pounded at every turn with automatic-weapons fire, rocket-propelled grenades and roadside bombs. By the end of the day, one soldier was dead, 12 were wounded and two vehicles had been destroyed.

"That kind of overwhelming show, we had never seen before," Oliver said. "So we pulled back, took a deep breath and realized, yeah, this AO [area of operation] really is that bad."

By the time the Regulars left Iraq in September, 21 of their 300 or so soldiers had been killed. About 50 were so badly injured that they never returned to the fight.

Their 3,700-strong 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Ft. Lewis, Wash., lost 48 soldiers in all, and nearly 650 were injured.

With a reflection by one 'phoney soldier' on the realities of Guerilla Warfare:

"I had this romantic vision of going to war that just doesn't exist anymore, not in this kind of war," he said.

In the movies, he said, there was always a "band of brothers" going after the enemy with honor and glory. But in Iraq, it felt like the enemy was always one step ahead, melting away before a major assault, only to strike back with even greater fury.

Most of those 'enemies' are protecting their own in atttempting to rid their small country of univited invasion and occupation forces, of which the leaders of same want to control the lives and wealth of the occupied.

Just like the 'rush', and his minions, big brave and tough males, preach about being their right to own any and all types of weapons made, from single shot to fully automatic, not to hunt but to protect their own and their surroundings from all those evil forces ready to destroy them!

As the 'rush', and his minions, blather through the crack, which looks rather familiar to another bodily crack, on their faces!