KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -- Fighters in Congo have raped at least 40,000 women and girls over the past six years yet the health system in the central African country can offer the victims little help, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Although war in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared over in 2003, fighting has continued sporadically in the east with some horrific rape cases occurring in June this year, according to the human rights group.
So what would Amnesty have us do, send our military to destroy these bastards (because that's the only thing that will stop them)? Well, we've done that in Afghanistan and Iraq: liberating millions of women and young girls from oppressive and brutal regimes, providing them with educational and economic opportunities never before experienced in the Islamic world, granting them the right to elect their own government, etc.
And what was our reward from the likes of Amnesty International? Criticism, blame and hand-wringing. So now they want us to save the oppressed women of the Congo?
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