I saw a comedian on TV recently. He was saying that lawyers may find it harder than they thought to convict Sadaam for his crimes because he didn’t take any photos of himself doing it.
I’d like to briefly discuss the mindset of the Navy wife who said, “hmm, these are some interesting photos…and I do have a snapfish account with Aunt Kitty’s 50th on there, I think I’ll put these disgusting prisoner abuse photos up…you know, just for the family and friends to see.”
Anyone remember the hypocritical outrage in the US because (3) US POW’s where visible for a few moments on TV?
While at the same time there were pictures circulating showing dead Iraqis and hooded Iraqis and US soldiers standing on the backs of hooded Iraqis who were piled up (one above the other) on the back of a truck… Etc…
Anyone still surprized about the outrage among the Iraqi population that led to the attack at, the death of and the mutilation of the dead “contractors”? Which was revenged by a full scale murderous attack by the USA on Fallujah?
Anyone still surprized by this latest “discovery”?
If yes, then I can only say: Oh.My.God… You still believe war is a video game.
Salaam. A
Anyone have a link? The only pictures I have seen were on CNN and they do not show any specific incidents of abuse. I only saw the report, I could not hear what they were saying.
Well shit, the SEALs are supposed to be a competent, responsible military unit. When it was the reservists breaking the rules people could say ‘it was dumb kids with no war experience and no discipline’ but you can’t say the same thing about the SEALs.
The only question is how effective the military has been at running interference on this.
We know the military has employees actively deployed to distort and outright lie in order to benefit operations in Iraq. Does this extend to concealing unfavourable photos? Undoubtedly.
Is the military effective at this? Undoubtedly.
So given an incident made public, what then is the multiplier we use to guess at the actual number of atrocities committed and recorded by US servicepeople?
Large.
I hope you don’t mean to defend what those worthless pieces of trash at Abu Ghraib did. I’m probably about the same age as them, and it disgusts me that they would do such a thing. And that the president won’t even apologize.
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This is what happens in war. /QUOTE]
I am tempted to type this reply in size 10 bold italic red.
It’s what happens when men are let loose with guns without effective structures deciding what their powers should be. If effective and appropriate systems had been in place, it wouldn’t have happened, as it wouldn’t have happened in Abu Ghraib.
But (as has already been noted), these allegations are against an elite force. Can you really claim that they’ve never heard of Geneva, that they’ve no idea what they’re supposed to do with prisoners, etc.?