The "tortures" were nothing compared to terrorists cutting off prisioners heads! Those terrorists' being held want nothing less than to kill YOU and me and every single American. How about you go talk to those radial jihadist's and see if they let you leave alive, eh? I'll even buy the plane ticket. Where do you get your priorities?I just don't think these people get it. First off, most of the prisoners were not terrorists. The unlucky man in the photograph above was charged with carjacking, not terrorism. It's ridiculous for us to invade a country and then label those natives fighting to defend themselves "terrorists." They're enemy combatants, not Jihadists. And even if they were, that's no justification for this abuse.
Secondly, how does it make sense to hold the actions of the United States and those of radical religious groups to the same moral standard? Didn't we commit to Operation Iraqi Freedom to bring democracy and justice to this country and region? America is supposed to be a bastion of hope and fairness, not an embarrassing example of physical, sexual, and emotional torture. Troops also murdered prisoners, according to Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chip Frederick. While there is no defending the brutal tactics some of the radical groups the United States are fighting commit, an eye for an eye is just not how we do things around here.
"'Do you pray to Allah?' one asked. I said yes. They said, '[Expletive] you. And [expletive] him.' One of them said, 'You are not getting out of here health[y], you are getting out of here handicapped. And he said to me, 'Are you married?' I said, 'Yes.' They said, 'If your wife saw you like this, she will be disappointed.' One of them said, 'But if I saw her now she would not be disappointed now because I would rape her.'" [...] "They ordered me to thank Jesus that I'm alive." [...] "I said to him, 'I believe in Allah.' So he said, 'But I believe in torture and I will torture you.'" — Ameen Saeed Al-Sheik [full article]How can you not criticize this behavior? I support our troops and I wish them all a safe trip back home. This does not give them all a free pass to do whatever they want. There are rules, even in times of war. As a civilized society, we have a responsibility to promote justice, not torture.
