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Obama's 4th scandal
Exclusive: Jane Chastain blames president's changes for hike
in military sexual assaults
Published:
20 hours ago
Jane Chastain is a Southern California-based broadcaster,
author and political commentator. Despite her present emphasis on politics,
Jane always will be remembered as the nation's first female TV sportscaster,
spending 17 years on the sports beat. Jane blogs at JaneChastain.com. She is a pilot who lives
on a private runway.
Barack Obama is fighting for his political life,
embroiled in three scandals: the criminal use of the IRS, using the Justice
Department to spy on reporters and the cover-up of the attack in Benghazi.
There is a fourth scandal that is equally serious but is not being addressed because this cover-up involves both the administration and Congress, Democrats and Republicans
There is a fourth scandal that is equally serious but is not being addressed because this cover-up involves both the administration and Congress, Democrats and Republicans
Last week, the Pentagon released a report on the soaring
number of sexual assaults in the military. These crimes have increased a
whopping 129 percent since 2004. The confidential portion of this report
indicates that some 26,000 members of our armed forces were sexual assaulted
last year alone. However, only 3,347 of these assaults were reported. The
reasons are as obvious as they are disturbing.
There has been a smattering of news coverage with pundits and politicians expressing appropriate outrage, suggesting time-worn – but mostly worthless – ideas to improve the situation without addressing the real problem.
The military, unlike the rest of the country, does not function as a democracy. It can’t. In times of war, no one wants to be at the tip of the spear. Our combatants are assigned these positions. They don’t get to pick and choose.
We owe our freedom to millions of dedicated men and women who have answered the call to serve, voluntarily or involuntarily through the draft.
In times of peace, the military is often viewed as a career opportunity and has provided many with needed paychecks, benefits, skills and educations. However, it is not an equal opportunity employer! We’ve lost sight of that.
The purpose of the military is to win wars: to kill people and break things. War is an expensive, destructive, messy, unpleasant but necessary business. No one wants to go to war, even the most hardened military veteran, but at times wars are necessary. A highly trained fighting force of strong, young combatants must be maintained.
Over the years, military necessity has given way to political correctness, which has proved costly and unworkable. This didn’t happen overnight, but the Obama administration recently pulled the pin on two hand grenades that can finish the job by 1) lifting the ban on gays in the military and 2) setting in motion an incremental plan that will place women at the point of the spear in direct ground combat units.
The military has been playing with fire with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and by placing young male and female soldiers and sailors together in barracks and on ships and submarines at the time in their lives when hormones are raging.
Due to constant feminist pressure – not necessity– the line between combat and combat support slowly has been erased to the point that women are now in units that are more physically demanding, and close contact is inevitable.
Men often resent having to carry twice the work load in order to make up for the lack of strength of the female soldiers next to them who receive the same pay.
Also, these soldiers, sailors and airmen not only have to deal with the rigors of military life, but one where no one goes home at night, boredom often sets in and rank rules. No amount of sensitivity training is going to change that!
Late night comic Jay Leno runs a segment called “What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?” where he shows people setting themselves up for impossible stunts and suffering the inevitable consequences.
Don’t get me wrong. Sexual abuse should not be tolerated anywhere, especially in our military. However, the answer is not more sensitivity training. We’ve wasted millions of dollars on that already – and what have we got to show for it?
Among respondents to the military’s confidential survey, 6.1 percent of our military women were sexually assaulted over the past year. In the general population, it’s only about .02 percent – and the general population doesn’t undergo sensitivity training!
Even more astounding: The New York Times reported that the Pentagon extrapolated that, over the same time period, 13,900 of our strong, active-duty men were assaulted. How can this happen? Not being reported, but not surprising, is that almost all of these sexual assaults of men were committed by men.
Military life is difficult enough without putting our military personnel in situations where they are viewed as objects of sexual desire or become subjects of this brutal retaliation by their comrades or superiors.
Congress makes the rules that govern the military. The Obama administration attempted an end-run around Congress by making these policy changes, but Congress has the power to put a stop to it! Don’t be fooled.
There has been a smattering of news coverage with pundits and politicians expressing appropriate outrage, suggesting time-worn – but mostly worthless – ideas to improve the situation without addressing the real problem.
The military, unlike the rest of the country, does not function as a democracy. It can’t. In times of war, no one wants to be at the tip of the spear. Our combatants are assigned these positions. They don’t get to pick and choose.
We owe our freedom to millions of dedicated men and women who have answered the call to serve, voluntarily or involuntarily through the draft.
In times of peace, the military is often viewed as a career opportunity and has provided many with needed paychecks, benefits, skills and educations. However, it is not an equal opportunity employer! We’ve lost sight of that.
The purpose of the military is to win wars: to kill people and break things. War is an expensive, destructive, messy, unpleasant but necessary business. No one wants to go to war, even the most hardened military veteran, but at times wars are necessary. A highly trained fighting force of strong, young combatants must be maintained.
Over the years, military necessity has given way to political correctness, which has proved costly and unworkable. This didn’t happen overnight, but the Obama administration recently pulled the pin on two hand grenades that can finish the job by 1) lifting the ban on gays in the military and 2) setting in motion an incremental plan that will place women at the point of the spear in direct ground combat units.
The military has been playing with fire with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and by placing young male and female soldiers and sailors together in barracks and on ships and submarines at the time in their lives when hormones are raging.
Due to constant feminist pressure – not necessity– the line between combat and combat support slowly has been erased to the point that women are now in units that are more physically demanding, and close contact is inevitable.
Men often resent having to carry twice the work load in order to make up for the lack of strength of the female soldiers next to them who receive the same pay.
Also, these soldiers, sailors and airmen not only have to deal with the rigors of military life, but one where no one goes home at night, boredom often sets in and rank rules. No amount of sensitivity training is going to change that!
Late night comic Jay Leno runs a segment called “What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?” where he shows people setting themselves up for impossible stunts and suffering the inevitable consequences.
Don’t get me wrong. Sexual abuse should not be tolerated anywhere, especially in our military. However, the answer is not more sensitivity training. We’ve wasted millions of dollars on that already – and what have we got to show for it?
Among respondents to the military’s confidential survey, 6.1 percent of our military women were sexually assaulted over the past year. In the general population, it’s only about .02 percent – and the general population doesn’t undergo sensitivity training!
Even more astounding: The New York Times reported that the Pentagon extrapolated that, over the same time period, 13,900 of our strong, active-duty men were assaulted. How can this happen? Not being reported, but not surprising, is that almost all of these sexual assaults of men were committed by men.
Military life is difficult enough without putting our military personnel in situations where they are viewed as objects of sexual desire or become subjects of this brutal retaliation by their comrades or superiors.
Congress makes the rules that govern the military. The Obama administration attempted an end-run around Congress by making these policy changes, but Congress has the power to put a stop to it! Don’t be fooled.
6 comments:
I missed the part where this is Obama's fault.
Anon 5:20
Not directly, No... But for a press that is always ready to take credit for everything good whether true of fabricated including stopping the rising of the oceans, well this is happening during his watch and as such, it is his baby. Just like nearing 50m in food stamps, etc.
He is the Cmdr in Chief
Hello...no one said it is his FAULT; however, as commander-in-chief, he is responsible for any serious problems within the military as well as elsewhere. As Truman said, "The buck stops here." Also, maybe you didn't read carefully or bother to read the last paragraph:
"Congress makes the rules that govern the military. The Obama administration attempted an end-run around Congress by making these POLICY CHANGES, but Congress has the power to put a stop to it! Don’t be fooled." The Obama administaration is alway attempting an end-run around everybody and every thing, especially with his executive orders.
Oops! On second thought, maybe it's just Bush's fault like everything else.
Obummer doesn't have the intelligence,the moral fortitude or the back ground and experience to be in the position it's in. So I think we should blame Bush (1) that's who Obummer really works for.
Does anyone realize, that any and ALL Presidents are 'groomed' for their position as "PRESIDENT"...in secession they come! One President, in the next pocket, goes DEEP!
They are GROOMED!!!! Our VOTES DO NOT COUNT! Rigged don't you know. I quit voting long ago.
Why say who your for, it causes 'SEGREGATION' for one. Labels American's for another. Set others opinions of who you are, what you may think. Locks you out of JOBS! I say don't vote at all...see what really happens.
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