Seriously?
You're actually, intentionally, implying that pedophiles deserve protection?
You don’t think pedophiles have the same rights of protection as other members of society? If you were to assault a pedophile, would you expect not to be arrested? Our armed forces and law enforcement agencies are tasked with protecting all citizens, regardless of their criminal background, unless of course the state sentences them to die.
NATO is in Afghanistan to protect the non-insurgent segment of the population, which includes the entire spectrum of that society, from innocent children to adult criminal pedophiles. NATO’s mission is to militarily defend that society from the various insurgents, not cure it of its various social ills. If NATO considers it in the best interest of their mission to overlooked certain human rights violations by government officials, they do it. If NATO considers it in the best interest of their mission to risk civilian casualties, they do it. These are the kind of things that militaries have justified in the name of strategic advantage throughout history, and still do to this day.
Well, it is in NATO's and Allies' power to do so.
At what cost to their mission? I would say that NATO has made the calculation that placating government officials is more essential to their goal than addressing these sexual assaults, however unsavory it may be to you or me.
And you believe providing 'comfort' young men and women is a better alternative? Do you think sexual slavery of adults is a more acceptable alternative? Because that is what you are proposing. Which does not fix the issue, does it?
So individuals who willingly participate in prostitution are slaves? I would consider anyone willing to engage in prostitution in order to alleviate the suffering of others to be heroes.
The whole prospect of getting young men who look like boys or can physically pass as young boys to act as fodder for paedophiles is abuse in and of itself and it is rewarding paedophiles.
But if they are engaging in sex with willing adults it’s no longer pedophilia. Problem solved.
And you think breaking pretty much every human rights laws and doctrines by having and enabling sexual slavery for paedophiles is a better alternative?
If NATO considers it necessary to placate these government officials, my reasoning is that they do it in a way that takes the element of slavery out of the equation. Willing prostitutes are no more slaves than willing military personnel are, they are both there to perform their respective missions.
Really? These paedophiles are police officers or armed personnel, in positions of power over citizens and yes, over children as well. Do you seriously think providing them with young men who look like boys is going to fix it?
It's still sexual slavery and it is still enabling paedophiles. And yes, it is an extreme breach of human rights and human sexual trafficking laws.
How is it slavery when adults engage in consensual sexual activity? And how is such adult activity considered pedophilia?
And your solution is tantamount to trafficking young men who look like boys because the police officers serving in Afghanistan are paedophiles and apparently need to be sexually satisfied.
Like I mentioned earlier, if NATO considers placating these individual to be in their best interest, then why not try to do it in a way that replaces the unwilling boys with willing adults.
Capracus said:
Finding young men to assume the role of a teenage boy is not difficult. Many men in their late teens and early twenties could physically pass for a young teen.
Wow..
That is absolutely appalling. Are you serious? What the hell is wrong with you, dude?
The movie industry does it, the porn industry does it, and I’m sure the legal prostitution industry does it as well.
Capracus said:
Would it be morally more acceptable for a young man to kill innocent civilians in the line of duty, or to sleep with a pedophile to assure better relation with the host government?
How about neither?
Unfortunately the realties of warfare don’t presently offer that luxury. Collateral damage is still an unavoidable element of military targeting, and ethical compromise is sometimes necessary to gain strategic advantage.
I'll put it this way, would you consign your son or daughter to sexual slavery for the greater good?
You are literally living up to the whole ideal of male privilege, to the point where you support sexual slavery of young men to satisfy paedophiles in times of war.
Again, you’re confusing willing, state sanctioned prostitution with forced sexual slavery.
It was the USSR that established one of the most sophisticated special services in the world, which trained female spies to seduce men. There has been a book put out recently about sex spying. A girl named Vera narrated the story about KGB and how they recruited pretty girls, promising them that they would have all kinds of welfare imaginable, if they would agree to fulfil their civil duty and become sex agents. They were trying to deliver them from any shyness or shame, teaching them sex techniques, showing perverted pornographic videos. Girls were supposed to be able to execute any task. A lesbian orgy was one of practical classes, teachers would join that orgy too, the whole event was filmed and then the tape was discussed in detail by the whole group of participants.
“We were told that we were soldiers and that our weapon was our bodies. When the training was finished, we became sexually sophisticated women, we were ready to sleep with any man, if there was such an order for that,” – Vera said.
http://english.pravda.ru/news/society/sex/08-07-2002/45946-0/
Nations are often willing to do far worse things than satisfying pedophiles in times of war.
The young men who can pass as young boys are also part and members of a greater society. It is astounding that you think it is acceptable to consign them to sexual slavery to protect and satisfy paedophiles instead of jailing the damn paedophiles to begin with.
You still don’t grasp the dynamics of the situation. NATO personnel are not in charge of the Afghan security members, it’s not their mission to police them for human rights violations. If the Afghan government is unwilling to address these violations, which seems to be the case, then all NATO can do is try to offer some acceptable alternative. They could be paid not to abuse the boys, or as I suggested, given willing adult sexual substitutes.