Comments on: Rape In The U.S. Military http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/02/rape-in-the-us-military/ Opinion and Commentary of Over 500 Women Political Bloggers Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pamela Lyn http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/02/rape-in-the-us-military/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 Pamela Lyn Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:26:39 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/02/rape-in-the-us-military/#comment-4667 "Numbers reported by the Department of Defense show a sickening pattern. In 2006, 2,947 sexual assaults were reported — 73% more than in 2004." Sadly, these numbers will probably continue to rise because the perpetrators are getting away with it. This is indeed a troubling story but one has to wonder, if this is happening to US service women what is happening to women in the civilian populations of occupied nations. “Numbers reported by the Department of Defense show a sickening pattern. In 2006, 2,947 sexual assaults were reported — 73% more than in 2004.”

Sadly, these numbers will probably continue to rise because the perpetrators are getting away with it. This is indeed a troubling story but one has to wonder, if this is happening to US service women what is happening to women in the civilian populations of occupied nations.

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