U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies

From The New York Times via H/T at Ace of Spades HQ:

KABUL, Afghanistan — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base.

“At night we can hear them screaming, but we’re not allowed to do anything about it,” the Marine’s father, Gregory Buckley Sr., recalled his son telling him before he was shot to death at the base in 2012. He urged his son to tell his superiors. “My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it’s their culture.”

Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan, particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally “boy play,” and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records.

The policy has endured as American forces have recruited and organized Afghan militias to help hold territory against the Taliban. But soldiers and Marines have been increasingly troubled that instead of weeding out pedophiles, the American military was arming them in some cases and placing them as the commanders of villages — and doing little when they began abusing children.

This is sickening. It's nice to see that the NEW Times is actual;ly covering this, but does the Times cover this topic to smear the Military?

There needs to be a Congressional Hearing to ask the Military Commanders a few simple questions. Was this a civilian or military decision? Name the person who signed the memo regarding this Policy?

And them drag that person's ass up to the Hill and ask for an explanation.

Robert Stacy McCain at The Other McCain adds:

But also notice the rest of the media, while finding time to jump on Ben Carson for criticizing Islam, is not asking [The Obama Administration] about this horrific policy of arming gay Muslim pedophiles at U.S. taxpayer expense, and punishing American troops who don’t like it.

RAPE CULTURE: If this story involved American college frat boys, instead of Muslim pedophiles, feminists might care. http://t.co/fg5xavBQdX

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 21, 2015