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Soldier discovers Muslim commander raping boys: Now, he’s getting kicked out of the Army for intervening.

Soldier discovers Muslim commander raping boys: Now, he’s getting kicked out of the Army for intervening.

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 11:18 am by Stacey Dash

Soldier discovers Muslim commander raping boys: Now, he’s getting kicked out of the Army for intervening. 2016-02-11T11:18:27-07:00 Stacey Dash

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A Green Beret who has been awarded the Bronze Star could be kicked out of the U.S. military any day now. Why? Because he physically removed an Afghan commander who was sexually abusing young boys from a U.S. military base.

People are really disgusting sometimes.

It’s really disgusting that the largest tribe in Afghanistan has a centuries-old practice called “bacha bazi,” which literally translates into boy play. You can read a full expose on this horrifying practice here, but it’s essentially the predominant practice of dressing up young Afghan boys as women, making them dance seductively for older men, and then selling them off to be raped repeatedly as a sexual slave.

Like I said, it’s disgusting and brutal.

So you’d think that the presence of U.S. troops working alongside the Pashtun tribe would help end this evil.

You’d be very wrong.

Members of our military have witnessed this practice. One retired military chaplain described it:

I personally witnessed young Muslim Soldiers getting into verbal and physical altercations with our American Servicemen when they would touch the Americans inappropriately or verbally solicit sex from them. My commander directed me to approach the Arab unit co-located with us and try to resolve this with their chaplain (Imam). His explanation was that this was no big deal. …

Just today a former member of the US Air Force told me of several incidents while he was deployed to Afghanistan where a young boy was being sexually abused by Afghan men working for the US military. He said he was, in fact, ordered by his superiors to take no action, that this was a local/cultural issue.

Soldiers have told others (off the record) that what the reporter recounted is in fact true and prevalent. They were told to not get involved in this cultural and perverse activity. In other words, to look the other way.

So Sergeant Charles Martland had to act. After local Afghan citizens told Sergeant Martland that a local Afghan police commander kidnapped a 12-year-old boy, tied him to his bed, and repeatedly raped him for more than a week, Martland had to act. He said it was the morally right thing to do when the boy and his mother came asking for help.

They questioned the leader who admitted everything and scoffed at their problems with him.

So Sergeant Martland sent a message – the U.S. military will not allow sexual abuse of young children in its presence. He exhibited the best of our men in uniform – he led and physically removed this predator from the U.S. base.

And now the military wants to kick him out of the army.

It’s unbelievable. It’s disgusting and brutal.

Our military should be allowed to stand up for what is right wherever they are. It’s why I love them.

Over a thousand years ago when this Holy war started, there was a Knights oath. Legend or not, it rings true. (As any soldier in my eyes is a knight.)

Be without fear in the face of your enemies.

Be brave and upright that God may love thee.

Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death.

Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong – that is your oath.”

-The Knight’s Oath

God bless this brave knight and bring him honor and justice.

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