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One of the sources, who claims Banks tried to invite him along on one of these trips, told the Examiner, “I don’t know how he became the chief of the Border Patrol with his character. He’s going to third-world countries to take advantage of poor f------ women, which disgusts the hell out of me.”
This guy is so close to getting it.
The President rapes children. When you set the standard that low, this story feels like responsible government by comparison.
This isn't unique to the president, it's a product of the institution.
Obama's SS agents got busted visiting brothels in Brazil. Bush Jr's torture prisons regularly had soldiers engaged in rape and other forms of sexual humiliation. The IDF is flush with these sadomasochist freaks. Texas children's prisons get a scandal every three to five years about wardens pimping out prisoners or just abusing them for sport.
This is just cop shit. Always been with us. Never gets properly investigated or prosecuted. It's a function of the system.
I recall that it was cathouses in Columbia
Adults?
It was Thailand, so...
"Do you have a military discount?"
I don't see the point of making a big deal out of someone utilizing SW services. Were the girls (or guys no judgey) like 14 years old or something?
agreed, but only if it's not someone who is part of an organization that routinely demeans SWs and the like
otherwise, shame the hypocrites
I also like that angle but I just know most people reading this tidbit are going to have more of an issue with him using SWs at all than the hypocrisy.
Thai boys
I mean screw this guy, but point out something that actually matters. This is for pearl clutchers
His "accusers" are his colleagues and underlings, people he apparently bragged about this to. He arranged government trips around opportunities to patronize prostitutes, allegedly. Even if the acts themselves were as consenting-adults as could be, he sounds like a bad choice to manage, well, anybody.
Ah, yep, that there matters
It's a concern because government officials should assume every foreign sex worker they run into may be a honeypot.
In addition to the human trafficking concerns brought up elsewhere
It’s a concern cause someone that is meant to be an upstanding citizen is using women that are/have suffered numerous forms of abuse. Fuck everything else.
Illegal sex work is the result of human trafficking. And immigration laws facilitate human traffickers.
What you've got is a man reaping the fruits of his labor. He harasses and tortures refugees so that they have nowhere to run. Then he visits the places they're forced to work and generously tips the pimps who do the local policing of young women.
The swamp appears to be still undrained
Actually he has apparently been drained professionally, multiple times
Uhm, hello, hi - I'd like ah... the Epstein Files, with uh.. ohm... a side of fucking duh.
Sorry China, America's leaders are gonna have to take the winnie the pooh nickname, what with how committed they are to getting stuck in a honeypot
Nothing beats the hypocrisy of working to keep something out, which is also where I want to put something in. But not here.
Trump haters get mad that SW is frowned on with loud conservatives, but then when someone engages in SW who works for/supports Trump, then it’s not acceptable. Shameful.
Also, if the guy travels to where SW is allowed and it’s not with children, what’s the issue?
It's only an issue if he's embarrassed enough that it could be used as leverage against him. Honeypots are not an uncommon method of extortion.
Him being a high ranking government official is what makes it a problem.
It depends on exactly where he's going. Somewhere with strict controls and protections for the workers is no problem.
Somewhere with no controls or protections is a problem.