r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 8h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
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u/bornlasttuesday 8h ago edited 7h ago

Poor Thailand having to deal with the American militaries penchant for sexual assault.

Edit: it's military's not militaries.

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u/Siegfoult 5h ago

Not just Thailand. Okinawa has been dealing with it for decades.

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u/MentalHealthAlt1 4h ago

I mean, with Okinawa it's worse in my mind because it's a base and we're supposed to be their allies. The people deployed there should treat the people like neighbors but instead you've got a long history of Marines raping girls/women.

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u/powermetalsalamander 3h ago

women and girls don’t have more or less value based on whether or not their country is allied with ours and rape is wrong no matter who it happens to. i don’t think it’s better to rape women and girls who aren’t near a military base or from a country that’s allied with us. you shouldn’t rape your neighbors or a stranger.

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u/MentalHealthAlt1 1h ago

I guess I was just saying, "You'd think we'd have even more of a self-interest in not doing this" when it involves allied civilians.

I was not trying to say some rapes are worse than others in general or that some people's victimization matters less. I'm sorry you took it way though I understand why my comment could be misinterpreted that way.

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u/chowchan 2h ago

you've got a long history of Marines raping girls/women.

Thats to your allies. Imagine what you do to hostile nations.

Then you guys wonder why everyone hates the US military.