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Originally Posted by mburbank
"I think that it's quite laughable considering the known methods of torture that Saddam used on his own people. Honestly Max, would you rather we beat, bludgeon, set fire to, electrify, ect them? "
That's a totally stupid argumemt and it assumes a lot.
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Just going by the info in the article, what does it assume? I really don't find anything that objectionable considering the way we would be treated if the situation were reversed. I know that I'm not assuming the testimony of Iraqi torture victims nor the footage of the rooms and materials used against them. Am I naive enough to think that the officials at that camp are being totally forthcoming? Abosolutely not, but I AM basing my opinion from the facts that I DO know. That's the best that I can be expected to do. They're basically at a POW camp, not the Hotel Hilton. They're there for a purpose. No objectives would be met if they were just left alone to eat, sleep and be left alone. What would you have them do to meet their objectives?
I have not supported the cause for this war nor do I particularly like the fact that we have to subject our military members to being there now or doing the types of things (as above) that they have to do but I'm way past the "spilled milk" stage. We are deep into this and we have to sometimes do ugly things toward a good end. But again, my thinking is this whole thing is going to end up in a huge civil war after our redeployment and all will be for naught. Say, really.