War IS a feminist issue

And this article makes me so goddamn sick. The Senate just approved a $70 billion increase in war spending totaling $555 BILLION dollars that the US is spending on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The reason this is a feminist issue is because it's a humanitarian issue. There have been countless reports and articles and more articles discussing this issue and bring attention the fact that rape is being systematically used to "defeat" the "enemy." And we're spending more money on it. I'm not saying that the government is directly endorsing rape. Obviously. But what they ARE doing is supporting a paradigm in which rape is silently accepted and encouraged. People know about it. It's nothing new.

So instead of increasing spending on a war that is turning into a political and economic quagmire (not to mention a MORAL disaster), let's increase spending on education programs so that kids can grow up learning about diplomacy instead of violence.