 Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Every politician who has ever uttered the empty slogan "Support Our Troops" should be required to see The Invisible War, a heart-wrenching documentary that exposes the epidemic of rape within the US military and its widespread cover-ups.
They should be required to watch the troops they claim to support courageously talk about what it was like to be brutally raped and assaulted by their "brothers-in-arms". The numbers are astounding. According to Department of Defence estimates [PDF], more than 19,000 women and men were assaulted in 2010 alone. As many as 500,000 women and men have been raped or sexually assaulted since World War II. And nearly 80 per cent of survivors never report for fear of retaliation and intimidation. |
Read the rest of the story HERE:
At www.aljazeera.com
At www.aljazeera.com
