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loyalsister

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1. Nothing new or unique about that

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 11:14 AM

May 2012

There is a very long history of rape in wars.

Rape during wartime:

Whenever there is an unbalance of power, the potential for rape increases. This is true particularly during the chaos of wartime.

Rape during wartime appears to have gone through three main stages: rape as a routine and expected reward to the victors, random rape due to lack of military discipline, and systematic rape as a military technique to demoralize the opposition.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/war_rape.htm

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Syria using rape as weapon against opposition women and men [View all] tabatha May 2012 OP

Nothing new or unique about that loyalsister May 2012 #1

Except this isn't war Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #2

There is an imbalance of power and people are being attacked loyalsister May 2012 #3

War can necessary for one side. What Assad is perpetrating is purely criminal Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #4

Even during unnecessary conflict loyalsister May 2012 #5

Where are the Assad apologists now? Odin2005 May 2012 #6

Wow.... PragmaticLiberal May 2012 #7

Asad has to go Vehl May 2012 #8

How to get rid of him is the question. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #9