There is something wrong with the world when we try to
manipulate families, the most fundamental unit of society, in order to prevail
in warfare and politics, especially through the mistreatment of women. That the
United States supported such a cause is a terrible piece of knowledge; imagine
living in a country where your government ordered soldiers to rape and kill
women only to discourage resistance from the particular groups that they are a
part of. Fortunately, we do not live in such a society, but it is of great
irony that the United States, a country that would not do that to its own
population, would encourage another country to do so.
It is unfortunate for the Guatemalans that, even after their
civil war, they reinstituted all these criminals into society. Without a proper
governmental structure, they didn't really have a choice, but now we see the
repercussions of such an event, and no one is willing to do much about it. It
is a vice of humans not to react to this, and thus we are seeing how, when
history goes unattended, it has a tendency of repeating itself such as it is in
Iraq. It is of great curiosity that this event is also stemming in part from US
intervention.
Unfortunately, it is out of the US’s reach to do much about
the issue with females in Iraq since the main concern is over the political
turmoil in the Middle East, and human rights are further down on the list of
priorities; however, this does not excuse the inappropriate conduct that the US
supported in Guatemala. There should be a greater effort to eradicate the abuse
on women with a greater promotion to gain support from the American population
since, as history has often shown, the concern of Americans usually leads to
politicians taking action in Washington.
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