KBR alleged rape victim, Jennifer Leigh Jones, says 11 more victims like her

Not only did brave Jennifer Leigh Jones, a former contractor from Pentagon's largest private contractor KBR, accuse her former employer of sweeping her gang-rape case under the rug, but she also added that she is not the sole rape victim by KBR employees.

She said that she had been contacted by 11 other women who have also been assaulted by contractors in Iraq.

So we see that is not some random incident, but regular and apparently overlooked occurrences. And all for women who willingly sign up for war. No respect.

Not only that, the Justice Department failed to even show up to Wednesday's hearing.
Rep.John Conyers (D-MI) scolded the department for its absence, adding that he was embarrassed and that sending a representative or two would be the least the department could do.

Conyers:"I want (Mukasey) to start talking about these questions that we’re asking the witness…We’ve got tens of thousands of people over there, goodness knows how many people have preceded Ms. Jones in this tragedy…This is an absolute disgrace."

Disgrace indeed.

So it looks like another failure to cooperate and comply from the executive branch...and even after Congress OK'd Mukasey and allowed him to take office a month and a half ago. So already his performance is well under standards.

This is not only a grave show of disrespect for the issue and the accusation, but it also shows how the executive branch doesn't appreciate the honest soldiers and contractors who serve our country. Why? Well because no one bothers to show up to distinguish them from the alleged rapists, which in turn allows all those serving to be tainted by one (or a few in this case) bad seed.

By not stepping in and taking this accusation seriously, the Justice Department and all those who fall under the executive branch also are displaying the common stigma of rape and the male tendency to tolerate it or deny its legitimacy as assault. Pretty standard feminist perspective, but if you peel away all those bureaucratic layers, that's what is left in this mess.