Reply #7: A few bad apples?.... [View All]

[davidthegnome]

I really hope that's the case. Unfortunately, I fear that it's more than that. Recently I spoke with a friend who has returned home from Iraq, he spoke at great length of his military training. How it was repeatedly, and viciously drilled into his head how evil the enemy was, how when he got there, his entire unit was all hyped up and eager to kill. How after they started seeing action, they were no longer eager, but disgusted.

I believe what is happening has religious and political goals behind it. Dehumanize the enemy - put their faith to shame, do all you can to discredit it. Take their dignity, take their pride, torture those who are too loud or too radical. Bring them down, by any means necessary - de-stabilize the middle east so that we may control oil exports. This gives excuse to continue to build the power and the funding of the military, along with the convenient excuse of terrorism to invade.

Our people are not stupid, but many are ignorant. Many have been "brain-washed" as my friend Mike put it, particularly within the military. Fight for your Country, they are told... when in reality, they are fighting for financial gain for the few, for the political ambitions of greedy, vicious bastards.

Yet, the constant propaganda campaign being kept up against islam (radical or otherwise) has largely made our "enemies" in Iraq and elsewhere appear inhuman, barbaric, evil. Thus they attempt to justify any actions against them, no matter how terrible. The ends, they will say, justify the means - for the sake of the greater good.

It's sad, and terrible to see my own people doing this to prisoners of war. God, I am so ashamed that we have allowed this. Angry and sad at once. Just sick, we cannot allow it to continue... even if it means revolution.