Originally posted by SAV-ZX2: I've gotta jump in on this again. I simply can not understand why a far larger deal is being made about us abusing their prisoners and of the many other things we've done to try and teach these people discepline and other basic human understandings, and yet America's own media is having trouble reporting all the severings, hangings, burnings, bombings, and other atrocities done to us. Perhaps America is on our own moreso than we realise.
Because we DEMAND that our Soldiers are heald to a HIGHER STANDARD.
I'm sick of hearing all the, "But they did this to us!" Whining and Arguing. That is, and always will be, an invalid argument. We support HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE! That's what America is all about. That's why we MUST hold our soldiers to a HIGHER STANDARD!
We are not an "Eye for an Eye" community. However, many Muslim communities are. That young man was another victim, and I feel for him, but I feel no more for him than any other soldier that is KIA.
Its always easy to rally behind "your side", but I don't think enough people stop, take a step back, and think about the whole situation, not the one incident that the media bombards you with.
Blaming the Media is ABSOLUTE BS too. You don't like the idea of a Free Press, then I've got a list of places you can go to, including China. This is not the fault of the media. This was a complete failure by the US Military, and carried right up the chain of command.
If the Military took a proactive approach to this problem, we wouldn't even be discussing this now.
Sure, it would have looked bad, but the Military could have then said "We became aware of these problems and have taken steps to ensure that it won't happen again."
But no, despite the fact that Rumsfeld had a report on prisoner abuse for 2 months and didn't even read the report. It is VERY CLEAR that prisoner abuse would have continued if the Media didn't report the story.
The question is not whether we were wrong or they were wrong, or even who was more wrong, but rather the question is if they are so shocked and appalled at what we did, then where was that morality when they were doing far worse? No, they just want an excuse to kill us because they hate what we stand for: Freedom and Equality.
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