On 30 Apr 2004 10:08:02 -0700, (Curtis CCR)
wrote:

"The Todal" wrote in message ...
"Bystander" wrote in message
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"= Vox Populi ©" wrote in message (snipped):
Six U.S. troops charged with Iraq torture

I have seen the photos and they are appalling.

The treatment of prisoners is utterly indefensible.

At least America is dealing with it, and has admitted it. Many countries
that use torture would never dream of allowing these reports.

Well, perhaps it would be more accurate to say: now that it's in the public
domain the PR people in the White House and the Pentagon can see that it is
indefensible and they are duly blaming it all on renegade troops or (better
still) outside contractors. Meanwhile, all the other torture will not be
admitted until it has been discovered.

This incident was being investigated before it came out in the news.
The first news reports I saw of this (I think CBS was the network that
"broke" the story) said that dicipline was already being handed out to
those directly involved and to several officers, including a general,
in the responsible command.

Compare this to some "regimes" that would give the perps medals for
doing crap like this.

America DESERVES 9/11. America DESERVES another terrorist attack. I
was thrilled on 9/11 (apologies to the victims and their families).
It's only a matter of time before someone else gets fed up with
Amerika and attacks us again. The only solution to this problem is
diplomacy. America COULD resolve the differences with the Muslims.

It would help if someone could tell me WHY the Muslims hated us to
begin with. Torturing POW's and Hanoi-style incarceration of "Enemy
Combatants" is PROBABLY part of why Muslims hate us now. I'd like to
know why they hated us in the 1st place.