As Sure As Night Follows Day…

… so sexual assaults come with the basing of U.S. troops in foreign countries. According to Stars and Stripes, two U.S. soldiers in Italy have been accused of beating, robbing, and raping a pregnant woman.

Comments recovering veteran T.M.:

Frequently military personnel stationed in other countries see themselves are conquerors, even if they actually had nothing to do with the war that originally brought the US military to this location, and even if the country is a long-time ally, such as Great Britain. As “conquerors” they take what they want from the hapless “conquered.”

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7:43 pm on August 20, 2014