From Denny: Did you know that the Daily Show's comic, John Oliver, is an American citizen? Did you know his wife is career military?
You can easily guess who it was who suggested he interview Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in her efforts to curb the Pentagon's so-called leadership values, refusing to give up even an ounce of command authority no matter how wide-sweeping and perverted is their corruption. But then, that's the point, isn't it, to be able to have the authority necessary to cover-up that corruption and law-breaking.
In short, the Pentagon wants to do what they want, when they want and how they want without any real oversight or any consequences. It's obvious those in Congress who should be exercising oversight are too busy with their fund-raising and insider trading to take the time to hold the Pentagon's feet to the fire and get those sexual assault and rape cases properly prosecuted.
That attitude has resulted in a rape culture that is at epidemic proportions in the U.S. military. While it's clear it's acceptable to the highest levels of the military command, like Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey, it isn't acceptable or palatable to the rest of the country or women in general.
Or, as Sen. Gillibrand said, "What control? It's clear the command structure does not have true control or there would not be 26,000 sexual assaults on women AND men in just one year." All Gillibrand is trying to do is create an objective review process for sexual assault and rape cases. Yet the Pentagon fights it.
Check out the great discussion between John Oliver and Sen. Gillibrand. Just to show you how screwed up and perverted is this military culture is a military judge actually went so far as to complain that when President Obama said "those guilty of sexual assault should actually be found guilty" was an overt and unlawful influence.
She also discusses Big Banks, the revolving door of politics and financial disclosures for campaigns. Sen. Gillibrand is an attorney who specialized in securities. Hmmm... will she pair up with Sen. Warren and help break up the Big Banks and spank Wall Street, slapping them in jail? Stay tuned for updates. Now check out the video clips of a great interview...
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