With all do respect, rape is a very relative term and especially so when applied to teenagers and 20 somethings. I once heard a young business executive say "I love attractive women but the laws are so complex and the games are so deceitful that I'd rather pay for sex and remain single". On the other side of the spectrum are single women who can't find dates and travel to Alaska in search of "love". For me, rape needs to be proven in a court of law.
None of this would be so seriuos if there was not a battle going on in the media for the support of the American people for the war in Iraq. Whether we are successful in Iraq depends on the outcome. We have the slime media lined up against us. Whether it was rape or not matters little, the fact is the media has already achieved the creation of an image that illustrates US servicemen as uncivilised
and unworthy to be overseas trying to establish freedom.
The real battle is here at home in the news and rather than respond as baldly supporting our servicemen hanging with whores as the next best position to rape, we need to actually rethink that. Servicemen looking for whores should keep it private rather than a group activity, and if they can't then stay out of it.It hurts the image of our military in the World, as torturers and rapists, when in fact the majority of our service men and women are really fine people.