oceanblueeyes
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I expect the Marines to change the way women are treated in the military. I expect that anyone who supports the USMC will have the humanity and decency to look hard at this case and the many other instances where women have been brutally assaulted by their fellow service members and demand that the climate which encourages this type of brutality be changed.
But, in all honesty, I fully expect that the people who blindly support some fairy-tale notion of the military will continue to wear the blinders and allow the abuse to continue unabated.
What, exactly, do people expect the Marines to do, you ask? Tell the truth. Stand up for Maria. Stand up for justice. Grow a frickken backbone. Stop lying to defend men who assault women.
What do YOU expect of the USMC, steadfast?
There is nothing whatsoever that shows that the USMC covered up or conspired with anyone against Maria Lauterbach. Not once did she complain to her family that the USMC wasn't treating her fairly. I would much rather stand up for truth BARD and justice and there is nothing showing that the allegations made had any validity to them. Each case must remain intact on its own merits not simply because it is a woman who has alleged a convoluted allegation.
It is not the USMCs fault that they were handed a very iffy rape allegation where even Maria herself made inconsistent and illogical statements. Like our own civilian justice system they must have substantiating evidence to go forward and they were still actively investigating the case. Even knowing that in their files it showed that Maria had made up an outlandish story in the past that even require counseling. Through all that they kept going forward and no telling what other information they had acquired that is in her personnel folder.
They even went beyond what was required of them and moved Maria so she could have daily contact with her VA in case she needed her. If this was to happen in the general society no VA would be at work with us everyday....we can better believe that. In the civilian world in some states a woman has to even pay for their own rape kit when they are alleging rape.
So no........they did not fail to protect her. They have jurisdiction on their own government installations only and not one thing ever happened on that base once the MPO was in place between Cesar and Maria.
Abuse happens in all walks of life to BOTH genders and by BOTH genders. Imo the attitude that it is just applies to women only puts this country back 50 years imo.
It is no more prevalent in the military than in society at large just like it is much less likely that someone in the military will murder someone than the those in the public at large. I read a statistic that there have been 127 murders committed by military personnel that had come back from Afghanistan and Iraq, I think it was over a 5 year period. Now we have around 10,000+ murders per YEAR in our overall population...so it shows the military are rarely the vast killers in our society . And with the military being the largest employer in the world there are bound to be some bad apples like we have in our private sector.
But it is your right to bash them if you want to ......they die everyday so that right is protected for you.
No one failed Maria but the one who took Maria and Gabriel's lives.
Semper Fidelis!!