Posted on 09/21/2015 3:20:23 PM PDT by markomalley
The White House dodged questions Monday about allegations that U.S. military officials are ordering U.S. soldiers to ignore child abuse in Afghanistan committed by Afghan militia, military and police, and instead indicated that those orders reflect Defense Department policy that the White House is not reviewing.
"For the rules of engagement and the kind of structure that's in place to guide the relationship between the United States and Afghan members of the military, I'd refer you to the Department of Defense for that," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
Earnest was pressed further to say whether President Obama is looking to review that policy in light of a New York Times story outlining how soldiers were powerless to help child rape victims in Afghanistan, and got in trouble with their superiors if they tried. To that, Earnest said, "Not that I'm aware of."
When asked why questions about preventing child abuse and protecting human rights was being punted to the Pentagon, Earnest said, "Because … you're asking about a policy that governs the conduct of U.S. military personnel in a dangerous place."
The Times story outlined several examples in which U.S. soldiers could hear child rape as it occurred, but were told to ignore these events because it's part of Afghanistan's "culture."
To that, Earnest said the U.S. is urging Afghanistan's leaders to crack down on the commonly accepted practice of allowing adult men to rape boys.
"We continue to urge the Afghan and civil society to protect and support victims and their families, while also strongly encouraging justice and accountability under Afghan law for offenders," Earnest said.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said there is no policy that prohibits U.S. troops from reporting human rights violations like the ones described in the New York Times article to their chain of command, but that any allegations would be dealt with by local Afghan officials.
"What's talked about in this, while abhorrent, is fundamentally an Afghan law enforcement matter and those are reports that are given to the Afghan government," Davis said.
Davis had no information on the specific case mentioned in the article of a U.S. service member being reprimanded for beating up an Afghan commander who had a child sex slave chained to his bed.
Yes, Obama’s family handed him over to a known pederast as to be his baby sitter.
Questions MSM never bothered to ask 0bola....
Who was “Pop” in your poem of same title?
Was your nanny a tranny?
& a Manny at that..man/nanny.
I know it’s more common now but back in 60’s, don’t think common at all. Out of all the people to watch their kid, they chose this guy/girl/whatever!?
Are you kidding? That’s the part about Islam Obama likes the best. He did go to school with them as a young boy.
Find the boy rapists, and kill them.
Why, it’s as IF the CiC doesn’t reside in the W.H. or the rules of engagement...
I only hope my family is far from D.C. when the muzzies release their 1st b*mb downtown, and the halls of Congress stuffed to the gills...
When the media ask him directly Obama will say he just learned about this from the news reports and that he is disgusted by it and will be right on top of it....
Pedophiles aren’t animals. Rabid animals can be put down.
Pedophiles are pure evil. They are much harder to destroy.
Re: “ALL THAT IS REQUIRED FOR EVIL TO FLOURISH IS TO HAVE JOSH EARNEST AS YOUR PRESS SECRETARY”.
To which Comrade Obama replies: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”!
The beginning of the normalization of pedophiles is next.
They mainstreamed homosexuality by calling us homophobes. What’s the term they will use for child molestation haters?
Where is the congressional leadership? Why are they not screaming over this? The republicans running for Commander in Chief need to call out that slimy kenyan over this everyday. The contenders should run with this hard and fast... this needs to stop.
I remember when we were the good guys.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
WHO GAVE THE ORDER FROM THE PENTAGON...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/28/afghan-men-struggle-sexual-identity-study-finds/";
And the Commander in Chief and all that surround him regarding this issue are pedophile protecting liars. They might as well have been in the room while the dirty pedos raped and brutally hurt physically helpless little Afghani boys. The full blame of the coverup lies at the feet of the CIC.
And WHO gave the order TO the Pentagon.
As if the Planned Parenthood tapes made one bit of difference in the uniparty’s pro-abortion agenda.
On or before September 30, 2001 we should have nuked Kandahar.
The way to stop it is for Soldiers and Marines to surreptitiously videotape both, it happening, and then the US Officers ordering Soldiers and Marines to ignore it. Build a body of tapes, then release them one at a time like just happened to planned parenthood
Was not Joe Paterno crucified for doing the same thing? (Reporting alleged child abuse to his immediate superiors). As I recall everyone insisted that Joe Paterno should have taken direct action against the abuser. I agreed with that assessment. Reporting abuse to an authority you know will not take any action is the same as condoning the abuse. This is disgraceful and heads should roll over forcing our military to condone child rape. We are becoming an immoral people.
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