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Dec. 28th, 2005 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingAmerican defense contractors oppose regulations banning them from engaging in slavery.
No, really.
"Lining up on the opposite side of the defense industry are some human-trafficking experts who say significant aspects of the Pentagon's proposed policy might actually do more harm than good unless they're changed. These experts have told the Pentagon that the policy would merely formalize practices that have allowed contractors working overseas to escape punishment for involvement in trafficking"
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So. On the "list of behaviours condoned, supported, wrist-slapped, or simply ignored by the current administration of the US Military when performed by their employees", we have kidnapping, torture, rape, murder, and now slavery. Some people suggest that "cannibalism" is next. My personal bet is "genocide".
No, really.
"Lining up on the opposite side of the defense industry are some human-trafficking experts who say significant aspects of the Pentagon's proposed policy might actually do more harm than good unless they're changed. These experts have told the Pentagon that the policy would merely formalize practices that have allowed contractors working overseas to escape punishment for involvement in trafficking"
Require registration, or at least BugMeNotting. Full text reproduced here.
So. On the "list of behaviours condoned, supported, wrist-slapped, or simply ignored by the current administration of the US Military when performed by their employees", we have kidnapping, torture, rape, murder, and now slavery. Some people suggest that "cannibalism" is next. My personal bet is "genocide".