Comments on: Another KBR employee raped in Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:52:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: youtube http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-5592537 youtube Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:15:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-5592537 If only Condi saved her dresses<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a> instead of cleaning them. But in today’s twisted America, I don’t believe anything would happen if George Bush was <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a>caught in bed with a dead girl AND a live boy. And it all procedes with a cheeky grin and a sickening smugness that is as arrogant as it is insulting<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a>. If only Condi saved her dressessohbet instead of cleaning them. But in today’s twisted America, I don’t believe anything would happen if George Bush was cetcaught in bed with a dead girl AND a live boy. And it all procedes with a cheeky grin and a sickening smugness that is as arrogant as it is insultingBedava mp3 indir.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4843036 Evil Spaniard Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:55:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4843036 Bussiness as usual in mercenary world... Bussiness as usual in mercenary world…

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4841208 Zooey Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:26:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4841208 What is this!? Open season on women...? What is this!? Open season on women…?

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4839380 ForTruth Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:28:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4839380 When people agree to participate in a war, they agree to allow themselves to look at other humans as no longer being human. This transfers to humans on our "side". It all goes with the territory of being in a war. Once you start killing people, the rest comes easy. When people agree to participate in a war, they agree to allow themselves to look at other humans as no longer being human. This transfers to humans on our “side”. It all goes with the territory of being in a war. Once you start killing people, the rest comes easy.

]]> By: boreas http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4838526 boreas Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:45:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4838526 Zimzone Says: <em>I don’t hear any of this story on the MSM. Why?</em> I wouldn't know. I gave up on the corporate media a long time ago. I did, however, see her on Democracy Now this morning along with Jamie Leigh Jones, the first person to go public with her story of being gang raped by her fellow contractors at KBR, and Karen Houppert, a writer for The Nation where the story first appeared. In some ways it's hard to blame the MSM for this. The media is all about "eyeballs". If most of us wanted to see these stories they'd give them to us but for some reason we'd rather have "bread and circuses". Something is very wrong, perhaps terminally wrong, with a society which devalues stories such as these while blondes disappearing on tropical islands and celebrities going to rehab get 24/7 coverage by nearly every outlet. Zimzone Says: I don’t hear any of this story on the MSM.
Why?

I wouldn’t know. I gave up on the corporate media a long time ago. I did, however, see her on Democracy Now this morning along with Jamie Leigh Jones, the first person to go public with her story of being gang raped by her fellow contractors at KBR, and Karen Houppert, a writer for The Nation where the story first appeared.

In some ways it’s hard to blame the MSM for this. The media is all about “eyeballs”. If most of us wanted to see these stories they’d give them to us but for some reason we’d rather have “bread and circuses”. Something is very wrong, perhaps terminally wrong, with a society which devalues stories such as these while blondes disappearing on tropical islands and celebrities going to rehab get 24/7 coverage by nearly every outlet.

]]> By: djond http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4837420 djond Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:37:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4837420 K lan of B loody R apists K lan of
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]]> By: L. Hussein Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4837058 L. Hussein Annie Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:11:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4837058 Heh. And Saddam's "Rape Rooms" were one of the reasons why we took him out. Perhaps it's time we took out KBR, eh? Heh. And Saddam’s “Rape Rooms” were one of the reasons why we took him out.

Perhaps it’s time we took out KBR, eh?

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4836914 DieNowForPeace Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:02:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4836914 KBR and Blackwater are now metaphors for corrupt crony-ism. Another <em>MISSION ACCOMPLISHED</em>. KBR and Blackwater are now metaphors for corrupt crony-ism.

Another MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4836572 pete Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:42:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4836572 What is seriously disturbing is the Reichwing's callous attitude towards rape. Case in point... The local baseball team is carried by the local Reichradio station. During the games they run an ad, for their afternoon drive time show, in which the host responds to a plan for installing more efficient street lights with the quip: "What? You want to make it easier to rape someone?" Personally I find an entity which uses a rape joke as advertising to be reprehensible. Add in the blind support of Republicriminals and one sees how deep the rot has set in. Reichwingers apparently don't consider crimes against persons as criminal. Victims deserve what they get because they're "weak". Only crimes against (their) property generate any outrage. What is seriously disturbing is the Reichwing’s callous attitude towards rape. Case in point…

The local baseball team is carried by the local Reichradio station. During the games they run an ad, for their afternoon drive time show, in which the host responds to a plan for installing more efficient street lights with the quip: “What? You want to make it easier to rape someone?”

Personally I find an entity which uses a rape joke as advertising to be reprehensible. Add in the blind support of Republicriminals and one sees how deep the rot has set in. Reichwingers apparently don’t consider crimes against persons as criminal. Victims deserve what they get because they’re “weak”. Only crimes against (their) property generate any outrage.

]]> By: linda http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4836318 linda Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:28:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4836318 kbr -- raping female employees; raping the u.s. taxpayer. rape. it's their business -- and they excel at it. kbr — raping female employees; raping the u.s. taxpayer. rape. it’s their business — and they excel at it.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4836054 pete Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:15:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4836054 Of course, everybody knows, it's "far-left loons" and "Islamofacsists" who do all the bad stuff./stoopid off Of course, everybody knows, it’s “far-left loons” and “Islamofacsists” who do all the bad stuff./stoopid off

]]> By: Anacher Forester http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4836028 Anacher Forester Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:13:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4836028 I said it yesterday, all we'll be hearing is "I don't recall," "I don't know," and "I'll have to get back to you." Each day I wake up less sure what kind of country I live in. Our military and Iraq contractors have a systemic acceptance of raping comrades and colleagues. We also have a State Dept. and DOJ that have pursued a systemic policy of cover up, denial and obstruction in regard to these serious crimes. Who's going to step up and put an end to this? -AF <a href="http://sullyisafraud.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud </a> I said it yesterday, all we’ll be hearing is “I don’t recall,” “I don’t know,” and “I’ll have to get back to you.”

Each day I wake up less sure what kind of country I live in. Our military and Iraq contractors have a systemic acceptance of raping comrades and colleagues. We also have a State Dept. and DOJ that have pursued a systemic policy of cover up, denial and obstruction in regard to these serious crimes. Who’s going to step up and put an end to this?

-AF

Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

]]> By: robbez_92107 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835692 robbez_92107 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:50:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835692 celtic cynic Says: Methinks the Justice Department is afraid..... Nope. It's completely subservient to those criminals. Hence, the firing of U.S. attorneys and the imprisioning of Seligman. The DoJ is an active co-conspirator to the war criminals in the administration. celtic cynic Says:
Methinks the Justice Department is afraid…..

Nope. It’s completely subservient to those criminals. Hence, the firing of U.S. attorneys and the imprisioning of Seligman. The DoJ is an active co-conspirator to the war criminals in the administration.

]]> By: misshusseinmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835684 misshusseinmolly Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:50:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835684 I hope that under our new president, some simple standards of behavior will be required of all government contractors, with actions of employees subject to some acceptable system of law. For contractors working within the United States, it's understood that the workers are subject to their local laws, but something needs to be spelled out for contractors working in unstable war zones -- such as a code modeled after the UCMJ. What's going on currently is ridiculous and needs to stop. I hope that under our new president, some simple standards of behavior will be required of all government contractors, with actions of employees subject to some acceptable system of law. For contractors working within the United States, it’s understood that the workers are subject to their local laws, but something needs to be spelled out for contractors working in unstable war zones — such as a code modeled after the UCMJ.

What’s going on currently is ridiculous and needs to stop.

]]> By: Klem Kiddilehopper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835674 Klem Kiddilehopper Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:49:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835674 Maybe the Rape Squads from the Kosovo War,or Uganda could be reactivated, to show the KBR men how it feels to be raped! I sure wish that some of rapists names would be released (by accident) so we could go find and talk to their mothers, wives, girlfriends, children, or in some cases their boyfriends! That would make a wonderful ambush video, you know the type that Billo is famous for! Maybe the Rape Squads from the Kosovo War,or Uganda could be reactivated, to show the KBR men how it feels to be raped! I sure wish that some of rapists names would be released (by accident) so we could go find and talk to their mothers, wives, girlfriends, children, or in some cases their boyfriends! That would make a wonderful ambush video, you know the type that Billo is famous for!

]]> By: hussein toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835626 hussein toasterhead Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:47:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835626 <i>towelieskull Says: April 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm alleged</i> _____ Yes, alleged. Just like all the alleged terrorists imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. Shall I assume you feel the same concern for protecting their judicial rights as you do for KBR's? towelieskull Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

alleged
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Yes, alleged. Just like all the alleged terrorists imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. Shall I assume you feel the same concern for protecting their judicial rights as you do for KBR’s?

]]> By: po http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835536 po Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:42:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835536 To towelieskull -- yup, just "alleged." But, here's the rub, simpleton, since KBR ain't covered by any laws, these cases will always be "alleged." The only recourse anyone has in these cases is secret arbitration, if they are lucky. Since KBR will be making a fair number of arbitrators a fair amount of money, who do you think will win? Alleged . . . it's alleged the US is a Christian nation . . . WWJD . . . probably rape a teammate in Iraq while getting paid to occupy a country and waste a nations treasure, resources and lives keeping corporate profits up and oil flowing. Alleged . . . I'll alleged your a caring human being. I bet I'm wrong. To towelieskull — yup, just “alleged.” But, here’s the rub, simpleton, since KBR ain’t covered by any laws, these cases will always be “alleged.” The only recourse anyone has in these cases is secret arbitration, if they are lucky. Since KBR will be making a fair number of arbitrators a fair amount of money, who do you think will win? Alleged . . . it’s alleged the US is a Christian nation . . . WWJD . . . probably rape a teammate in Iraq while getting paid to occupy a country and waste a nations treasure, resources and lives keeping corporate profits up and oil flowing. Alleged . . . I’ll alleged your a caring human being. I bet I’m wrong.

]]> By: misshusseinmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835534 misshusseinmolly Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:42:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835534 towelieskull Says: April 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm alleged ___________________________________________ Yes, how convenient. We must say "alleged" until a perpetrator is found guilty. And since nobody is ever going to be found guilty, I guess we'll have to say "alleged" for a long, long time. Your emphasis of the term doesn't mitigate the seriousness of the problem. towelieskull Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
alleged
___________________________________________

Yes, how convenient. We must say “alleged” until a perpetrator is found guilty. And since nobody is ever going to be found guilty, I guess we’ll have to say “alleged” for a long, long time.

Your emphasis of the term doesn’t mitigate the seriousness of the problem.

]]> By: celtic cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835478 celtic cynic Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:39:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835478 Methinks the Justice Department is afraid of Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater and the other criminals: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice, Alberto Gonzalez just to name a few. It looks like they only act when forced to defend their inaction, otherwise it's hands off. Methinks the Justice Department is afraid of Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater and the other criminals: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice, Alberto Gonzalez just to name a few.
It looks like they only act when forced to defend their inaction, otherwise it’s hands off.

]]> By: StratRat http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4835476 StratRat Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:39:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/another-kbr-employee-raped-in-iraq/#comment-4835476 <em>robbez_92107 Says: April 9th, 2008 at 3:21 pm Strat92117 - Why bother with a letter? Don’t you know that contractors cannot commit crimes in a war zone? L. Paul Bremer made sure of that before he installed our puppet government over in Iraq.</em> Yeah, I know. I thought for a second I lived in a country where people who do bad things are punished and people who do good things are rewarded. Silly me...I forgot, I live in Bush's amerikkka. robbez_92107 Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 3:21 pm

Strat92117 – Why bother with a letter? Don’t you know that contractors cannot commit crimes in a war zone? L. Paul Bremer made sure of that before he installed our puppet government over in Iraq.

Yeah, I know. I thought for a second I lived in a country where people who do bad things are punished and people who do good things are rewarded. Silly me…I forgot, I live in Bush’s amerikkka.

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