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Townhall
Our Shameful
Foreign Policy
Erick Erickson
Oct 02, 2015
Barack Obama has made the American political left comfortable with
human rights abuses. See a despot engaged in genocide in Obama's
America, blame George W. Bush and move on.
In Afghanistan, American soldiers are being driven out of the military
for taking action to stop Afghan soldiers from raping boys. Rape is a
war crime. It is a war crime to turn a blind eye to soldiers, including
allies, engaging in war crimes. Just over two weeks ago, The New York
Times reported that American soldiers are being told to ignore sexual
abuse of boys in Afghanistan.
Dan Quinn, a Special Forces captain, had his command taken away after
saving a boy. The boy was chained to the bed of an Afghan militia
commander and used as a sex slave. Quinn beat up the commander and
freed the boy. The New York Times also reported on Lance Cpl. Gregory
Buckley Jr., who, before he died, told his father that he and other
soldiers could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys on
their American base. The Obama administration's political appointees
and those they put in command ordered the American soldiers to remain
silent and do nothing.
In the Middle East, ISIS has systematically eradicated Christians. Some
have been graphically beheaded on the shores of Libya. The Obama
administration has done nothing. As ISIS expands its reach, the
president has led a futile effort to train Syrian rebels, whom he wants
to fight Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and not fight ISIS.
Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, who overseas our Middle East operations,
testified two weeks ago before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He
said the American government had spent millions, but only trained "four
or five" rebels. The White House's elementary school response was that
the president never, ever really wanted to train the rebels anyway
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