European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 3 2007 stars and stripes Page 13 opinion the benefits of keeping America american the same bad idea that is ruining Europe threatens to ruin the United states too indeed the news that Uncle Sam cant find More than 500000 of what the govern ment Calls fugitive James Pinkerton aliens those who have been ordered out of the country but slipped past the enforcement system re minds us yet again that Border enforce ment and maintenance of sovereignly Are Low priorities for Washington the bad idea threat ening both America and Europe is this Borders dont matter Why not because patriotism is deemed some sort of infantile disease to be grown out of therefore a conglomerate government is the Only Way to assure docility and passivity for the masses oops make that peace and Prosperity this multinational View has been held by elites for a Long time Karl Marx still a hero to Many poli a minded intellectuals was an Early Prophet of a bord Erless world but dont take my word for it heres Thomas Fried Man of the new York times praising Marx in his 2005 bestseller the world is Reading the communist Mani festo today i am in Awe at How incisively Marx detailed the forces that were flatten ing the world during the Rise of the Indus trial revolution and How much he fore shadowed the Way these same forces would keep flattening the world right up to the present int that neat Friedman surely thinks so he reprints More than a Page of Marxs purple prose Friedman is no communist but he is a globalist and so if Marxs motto was workers of the world unite Fried mans seems to be globalists of the world unite and in the end the effect is similar nations and National traditions Are slowed under in the past some have dreamed that the league of nations or the United nations could Foster a kind of world Federal ism but that dream cracked up on the hard rocks of National every one wants to share a Fate with Russia Iran or Zimbabwe so the Flattener and Federal Zers downsized at least for a while Only continents would be unified hence the european Union stretching now from Ireland to Bulgaria includes some 500 million people that All sounds great for an Empire indeed Brussels capital of the european Union has be come an Imperial City its palaces Bulg ing with euro rats Issue foggy declarations about the idea of Europe but heres a Sharp truth Europe is not an idea if s a place a place for europeans these folks have a shared history and a shared religious tradition Jude Chris Stefano pro immigration protesters confront ant illegal immigration demonstrators in los Angeles on March 25 dueling rallies marked the oneyear anniversary of a massive pro immigrant demonstration that jammed los Angeles streets at least they did until the euro Pean idealists eager to flatten their own local customs in the name of Politico co nomic unification opened the Border to millions of Muslim immigrants unfortunately the globalizing plan Hast produced harmonious odes to Joy instead big cities have been scarily divided into ethnic and religious combat zones muslims were Happy to Cross flattened frontiers into Europe but they never had any intention of flattening their own adherence to rigid sharia Law no wonder then that 56 percent of Europe ans finally waking up to the change that s been foisted upon them believe that the Union does not represent Ordinary peo ple now Back to America where our elites maintain the same Faith in continent Flat tuning visionaries democratic and re publican alike have Long advocated a free Trade zone to include All of North America and then All of South America and along with free Trade of course comes the free movement of Peoples so of course 623292 noncitizens facing deportation orders be found in the United states As of last year a 16 percent increase Over the previous year according to a recent report from the inspector general of the department of Homeland Security can this erosion of sovereignty be re versed it might be too late to save Europe from Brussels nation followed by islamic nation but surely if s not too late to save we can All agree de spite our other divisions to keep being uniquely american James Pinkerton is a new York new Day columnist relaxed rules have stoked sexual conflict in War zone there Are enough rape and sexual As Sault stories coming out of Iraq these Days to keep americans variously outraged and confused in the past few weeks two major stories have appeared on Kathleen Parker Salon com and in the new York times Sun Day Magazine report ing the difficulties servicewomen face in a test Steron infused Mili tary in both stories women reported being sexually harassed assaulted and sometimes raped by their comrades in arms Many Are suffer ing a double dose of Post traumatic stress disorder born of com Bat fatigue combined with sexual trauma both stories however contain enough errors to raise questions about whether the rap assault rate is As High As suggested the Salon Story reports for example that one woman was coerced into sex by a com manding officer which the Salon writer asserts is legally defined As rape by the Mili tary this is simply not True according to the manual for court martial rape is defined As an act of sexual Intercourse by Force and without consent the same woman also was prominently featured in the times Story where she said she was manipulated into sex not quite rape in other words the times made a much bigger mistake in featuring another ran Dall a former naval construction worker who said she had been raped twice while in the service and suffered a brain injury in Iraq when her humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device killing her Driver As it turned out Randall was never in Iraq and there is no record of any sexual As Sault the times has run a correction no serious person doubts that sexual harassment and even rape occur in a War zone but the degree to which sex is consensual or forced often a question of is further complicated by military Hierarchy and the extenuating circumstances and passions of War this is Tricky terrain no one wants to fur ther traumatize women who have been assaulted even if some percentage of the re ports is false or exaggerated the numbers Are High enough to warrant concern doubtless Many women have suffered what they report doubtless too some women exaggerate sexual assault stories but the million Day question that site like a Brontosaurus in a Baghdad mess tent is now what is the solution More sensitivity training and More victim advocates already the department of defense has a sexual assault prevention and response program already soldiers go through mandatory workshops on sexual harassment and assault already each battalion has an equal Opportunity representative to Field complaints How much is enough to thwart the nature of the beast this is not to say that men at War Are expected to behave badly but there Are Possi ble explanations for some of these question Able liaisons that Bear closer scrutiny clearly some of what is considered sexual harassment Falls into the category of harm less sport the usual Towel snapping that is in fact a Way to neutralize sex but More overt sexual aggression May be the product of something few will acknowledge at least on the record resentment off the record in dozens of interviews Over a period of years male soldiers and officers have confided that Many men resent women because Treyve been forced to pre tend that women Are equals and men know there not the lie Breeds contempt which leads to a simmering rage that sometimes finds expression in aggression toward those deemed responsible targeting women int excusable obviously if s also not the women fault that Treyve been put in this untenable situation exposed both to combat and to the re pressed fury of sexually charged Young men the fault lies with the Pentagon and oth ers who have capitulated to feminist pres sures to insert women into combat Al though women Are prohibited from direct ground combat and Are assigned primarily to support roles the Lack of Clear boundaries in Iraq has eliminated the distinction Wishful thinking and bureaucratic expansion wont Likely solve the problem of sexual conflict in the War zone but a More rational military Structure that keeps women and men apart would help As a Bonus segregation also would reduce the plague of divorces caused by men and women fraternizing away from spouses finally our commanders and fighting men could focus on the business of War rather than tending to gender skirmishes that distract commanders and steal time re sources and Energy from the military Pur pose Kathleen Parker is a member of Washington Post writers group prickly City by Scott Stantis because
