This is your problem. The Forward is about as far left as you can get, probably even farther to the left than Ha'aretz. The Forward does not speak for me or for any other right-wing, religious Jew. They try very hard to pretend that we don't exist. These guys still insist that the Chief Rabbi of Russia is that old guy appointed by the KGB left over from Soviet days, not the internationally recognized Rabbi Berel Lazar who met with President Bush.
I realize that. But the Forward surely is not making this up ,is it? The problem as I see it is that when the Soviet Union went bust, a horde of evil people, of all religions, descended upon the west. The USA should not have to pressure Israel to clean house. That 3,000 women a year can be sold in a country that size without someone in authority knowing of it is not believable.