Images of war
May. 9th, 2004 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyThey were, of course, only following orders.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi thug offers a reward to anyone who'll provide Sadr with a female Coalition sex slave. It's usual for men to retaliate against each other through the rape and abuse of women. In this case I suspect it's the additional humiliation of the involvement of women in the sexualised torture of Iraqi POWs - by raping a British or American woman, our thug feels he can reassert his wounded masculinity. (I must say I'm amused that Sadr is already a "martyr" without actually having died. There's a time-saver.)
Meanwhile, an Iraqi thug offers a reward to anyone who'll provide Sadr with a female Coalition sex slave. It's usual for men to retaliate against each other through the rape and abuse of women. In this case I suspect it's the additional humiliation of the involvement of women in the sexualised torture of Iraqi POWs - by raping a British or American woman, our thug feels he can reassert his wounded masculinity. (I must say I'm amused that Sadr is already a "martyr" without actually having died. There's a time-saver.)
