Sexual issues involving crimes or potential crimes are so difficult to even discuss. For someone like myself, I must be a nut for even trying since I am a man. The very attempt makes me suspect and rightly so. But, I'm going to venture it, mainly because I have a need to explain the military, right or wrong. Sexual assault is a very complicated issue in the military when it is not "clear." How can it not be clear?Rape is rape and stop is always stop. The case of the LTC, Air Force pilot, is one of those that takes on the confusing scenario. He was convicted of sexual assault, then it was overturned by a General, his commander. The situation was very murky: A woman staying in his home, under the same roof as his wife. During the night he assaults her. He is convicted. The jury believed the woman's account. The General believed the wife's account who said he never left the bed and so the General, his commander, threw out the conviction. I personally believe the Pilot was guilty. Why would the victim lie? Although a jury can be wrong, they heard the evidence. While a General being able to do this may seem strange to civilians, not so to the military. The military is not a Democracy. Soldiers's don't get to vote on whether they take the "hill" or not. The commander decides.
A sadder case to me are the young teenagers in Steubenville, Ohio where these teenagers rape a girl, drunk, etc.; their lives ruined, to include the victim. No winners here. And, any of us who know teenagers know they get up every morning and take a stupid pill.
{{{{{{{Jerry}}}}}}
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