Give us money, or we'll rape our women

[DavidV]

By David from Truth, Justice, and the American Way,cross-posted by MetaBlog

This BBC article talks about how sexual violence in war is increasing. The article does not provide an explanation, but I can think of two: (1) the massive amounts of aid being sent to Africa is being used to fund ethnic wars, and (2) the world is actually more peaceful than ever, so it is the most savage (African and Islamic) civilizations which are still waging wars are getting all the attention.

The interesting part is this:

Sexual violence has also been linked to development funding. Cases in Gaza and the West Bank have increased significantly since the EU and the US cut funding after January’s election of Hamas, Luay Shabaneh of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says.

In other words, we should not cut off funding to terrorist groups because when they don't have the money to commit violent acts against us, they will commit violent acts to their own women. And of course Kofi Annan "urged donors to “provide the backing required” to deal with the problem."

http://ObjectivismOnline.com/blog/archives/000971.html