Originally posted by ionia23
Oh, you're not? Really. Then explain what 'they are no different than the terrorists in my eyes' means. You don't see a group of hooded GI's dragging some poor sod out of his store saying 'Disarm in 24 hours or we're cutting this guy's head off', and then doing it anyway so the 'enemy' knows we mean business.
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No, the american soldiers had a MUCH better reason. Spite.
Wouldn't that be interesting.....I think I'd move to Antartica.
Might actually be a good idea
If we're going to be bringing out the 'shock' pictures I'm all for it. You can't show me a thing I haven't seen before, and far worse.
That might be, but you are still ignoring the fact that they wer American SOLDIERS. Not some ignorant group of terrorist. Yet they lowered themselves to the same level.
See, of course they're petty shoplifters. They always are when the Americans are involved. Always. That could be Bin Laden in that little picture you included and people would still claim "oh...it's just an innocent farmer, oh bad USA, bad USA". What so-and-so did or didn't do to get incarcerated doesn't mean a damn to me. What DOES is the behavior of the guards...
They
were petty shoplifters. Even American sources confirmed this.
Unless you are one of those bigotted assholes that think that any Arab or Iraqi is automatically a terrorist.
Doesn't matter whether that guy was a looter or taking potshots at passing soliders while hiding out in a mosque because they know we won't blow it up. Those soldiers were wrong in every way imagineable. I'd like to see them sentenced to Abu Gharib after the 'handover' and let the Iraqis handle it as they see fit. But to call them terrorists? That's just more liberal-with-a-bazooka bull****.
Ok, not terrorists because they didn't use it as a political move. They are any of the following; murderers, torturers, bigotted assholes, senseless killers, vengefull haters, etc etc.
Seriously, they are no better then terrorists. I'm not saying they
are terrorists but sure as **** is that they aren't any better then them.
War brings out the worst in people. That's it. As noble as we like to describe WWII, nobody talks about Dresden. Not even my history class when I was in school.
I'm a history teacher and I do talk about it in my classes. I teach an entire topic about 'Attrocities of War'.
War brings out the worst in people? I don't give a ****. They're trained soldiers and should know how to act. Not torture and kill prisoners.
The soldiers are busted and looking forward to a nice stay in military prison, which is just about the worst place you could possibly be. They undermined the war effort, regardless of that whole 'following orders' defense crap, which will make them targets. They'll pay dearly for what they did. Even the President admonished them for it. Of course, that was pure politics I've no doubt, but nonetheless...
Uhuh, but this still is no excuse whatsoever. They are still no better then any other murderer, terrorist or anything similar.
