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In reply to the discussion: So let me see if I understand the 2 biggest hot button topics on DU [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)who believe allegations against one individual who has created embarrassment for this government and many others, while they also support 'moving on' from Bush's war crimes, some of the worst of which were the brutal rapes and torture of Iraqi and Afghan women and the sodomy and torture of children.
In the latter case these are not simply allegations, there is video tape, still not made available to the public after years of court battles, but viewed by many of our elected officials who expressed horror at what they saw, yet have chosen to 'move on' denying those victims any justice at all.
You cannot support moving on from such crimes, for political political purposes, then claim to be outraged over a case where there have been no charges, no evidence and in fact three different stories from one of the accusers and a refusal by the prosecutors to interview the accused.
Why these allegations are far more important than the war crimes, using rape as a violent tool of war, to some progressives, is simply not comprehendible. I see no advocates, no outrage since Bush left office, no attempt to influence this administration to provide some justice to those victims by the same people claiming that rape is the issue here. It is not until they exert the same amount of energy to demand justice for those brutalized victims of rape and torture. No credibility whatsoever.