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Originally posted by sarah_webinc
what ever happened to leading by example? If we are the best military power (as claimed) and/or the best nation (again, as claimed) then when our people do EVIL things we throw our hands up and deal with it and not try to squirm out of it with 'well he hit me first' arguments that toddlers give.
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No one ever assumes that everyone is good. If so then why do we have prisons in the US? And I'm sure that all nations have some form of prison system.
The US military isn't equipped nor trained as a police force with the exception of each branches own military police. Still, these are MPs and not prison guards.
In regards to the allegations of actual torture like breaking lightbulbs on prisoners, I hope I've made it clear that those involved (and if the allegations are true) they'll be procecuted.
I do believe that our people over there are as appalled at this as we are at home.
The most appaling bit is about the expectation of different standards based on culture vs that of law. To indemnify the Iraqis for the atrocities they've commited because it's in their culture is ridiculous and they should be held to a higher standard; moreover, justice must be done. This justice however doesn't include the harassment nor 'doing to them as they've done to us.'
Thank you everyone for contributing to this thread. I'm going home to smoke pot and watch some Chris Cunningham videos.