I apologize for some of the vulgarity in this post.  But some issues simply demand it.

More good news from McClatchy:

While working in Iraq as a ''morale coordinator'' for a U.S. government contractor, a Tampa woman says, she was raped by a drunken colleague who secured a key to her apartment from an unlocked storage box.

That was in December 2005, and her attorney said he's unaware of any criminal charges in the case.

Three words: a fucking travesty.  No criminal charges?  How about a reprimand?  You know, a slap on the wrist coupled with a "Now don't you go raping these women again."  It's not just that our own female servicemen in Iraq are getting raped by our own soldiers.  It's that no one is doing a goddam thing about it.  No one has ever even been charged.  Any soldier found to have sexually assaulted one of his female comrades oughta be strung up from the highest branch by his flimsy, tiny cock.

The men that go out there everyday to serve their country have a courage most of us could never understand.  But the leaders overseeing them are the most cowardly, gutless, pathetic, snails to slime their way across the desert.

Statistics show that nearly one out of six women is sexually assaulted.  I guess we've got other priorities, though, like decimating an entire nation and leaving their female population at the hands of fanatical religious zealots more concerned with some damn words written in a book than they are with genuine human life.  Not dressed right?  Kill her!  Must be nice for a sociopath to disguise himself as devoutly religious, or as a loyal patriot fighting for his country's future.

''We've got a problem that justice is breaking down here,'' said Nelson, whose wife Grace and daughter Nan Ellen watched grimly as the women testified about being raped -- and in one case, discouraged from reporting the attack.

There's no such thing as justice in war.  There's just bloodshed and chaos that brings out the darkest elements in man.  For every soldier who will drop his body against an explosive to save his comrades.  There's another soldier who will kill a native for no reason.  This goes all the way back to Joseph Heller's Heart of Darkness.  We all like to think that civilization is something we carry inside of us.  But civilization quickly dissipates in the face of unruleable chaos.  Read Thomas Hobbes.

The agency is starting (STARTING!) an ''effort to increase awareness, enhance accountability and ultimately to deter this kind of behavior,'' said Robert Reed, an associate deputy general counsel.

Nelson, who questioned whether military contracts require companies to provide training on how to handle sexual assault complaints, called the program a ``step in the right direction.''

But, he noted, ``We're in the fifth year of a war. Why wouldn't we have made sure that every member of the total armed forces was aware already?''

Because they didn't think about it, and they didn't give a shit about it.  You can apply the same reasoning to why this war was begun with such poor evidence, planned with such complete incompetence, and turned over to party loyalists rather than the most knowledgeable, competent advisers.

Good work guys.  Those women will be reliving those rapes in the dreams for years to come.  All because you're too fucking stupid to prevent it and too fucking frightened to prosecute it.  These women aren't the boy who cried wolf.  I can assure you, they're not doing this for attention.  Get you fucking act together.  I'm tired of being ashamed of my country.

**For more information on the preveleance of rape in our country, visit the RAINN website.  And if you've been a victim, please seek help.  I've seen it do wonders for people.  It can be a hard step to take, but it's greatly worth it.  And if you believe in this issue, please keep this diary towards the top by recommending it.  It's surprising how quiet women will keep about such a terrible experience.  It's important to know that there are many more out there just like you.**

--Cross Posted at The Left Anchor