This topic hasn't been discussed much on this board, which doesn't surprise me, but still I think it is noteworthy. I don't know the details about the so-called massacre and sine there is a current Military investigation we can all reserve judgement until it is resolved legally.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060605/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq
But for all the talk of Islamic babrbarism and how justified our invasion of Iraq is it does seem hypocritical to ignore the pattern of abuses, and justify the borderline systematic and sanctioned torture as "necessary" to fight terrorism. We act shocked and outraged at what the terrorists do, and rightfully so, but to justify or ignore American abuses is to stoop to their level. We are certianly better than Abu Ghariab and we are better than Hadiatha. Yet we are breeding resentment and hostility against us in the name of "freedom" and "democracy", and sowing the seeds for later problems. At the very least we should be able to count on Iraq as being non-hostile toward the US after all of our troubles there. But if this pattern of torture and abuse does not stop or receive quick condmentation by the most vocal supproters of this war, then one must question what if anything we are gaining by being in Iraq. |