OT: Atrocities

Randallw · #1 May 1st, 2004, 05:22 PM

Although I am not American, I am a member of an allied country. I have to say putting aside whether we all went to war for a good reason or not that we are surposed to be the "good guys". Our efforts are based on the claim that we are fighting evil. Terrorists strike against America and allied countries because we are supposedly evil while we go around saying we are good and blameless. How can we convince those people the terrorists recruit from that we are on the side of right, when we do exactly what the terrorists accuse us of. I saw an arab expert on TV and he was saying it helps Al Qaida because now the terrorists turn around and say "see, the Americans are barbarians". Our troops are trying to bring order and peace to Iraq (yes, it is debatable if we made it worse to start with). It makes me frustrated that now instead of things slowly getting better, things will very likely stay just as bad or get even worse. I can't help imagining the Iraqi civilian who before was sitting on the fence, as it were, who will now go and kill allied troops because he has evidence of Allied atrocities. Not only are the soldiers in question responsible for atrocities, they should also, at worse, be considered traitors because they have effectively done propoganda work for the terrorists.

LordOffender · #2 May 1st, 2004, 08:01 PM

My mistake. And I am not a troll! I posted because this was the only thread worth posting in. I will retrun to lurking. And I was told that this was a friendly place.

[ May 03, 2004, 22:19: Message edited by: LordOffender ]

Aiken · #3 May 1st, 2004, 08:29 PM

Dictor in CNN newsline:
1,5 millions of iraqis, suspected to sympathize with Al-Quaeda were executed Last week by the brave death squadrons of Alliance.
No one of the iraqis were tortured or sexually abused so everything is fine.

Atrocities · #4 May 1st, 2004, 08:31 PM

Aiken I believe this statement

"1,5 millions of iraqis, suspected to sympathize with Al-Quaeda were executed Last week by the brave death squadrons of Alliance."

about as much as I believe that I can fly myself to the moon.

This is bull crap and we all know it.

Slick · #5 May 1st, 2004, 08:43 PM

Quote:

1,5 millions...

That is 10 TIMES the largest estimate I could find on the internet for Iraqi casualties for the entire war , not just Last week. I checked CNN.com and there was no mention of this article, nor any executions by the alliance for any reason. Perhaps you could post a link to your source?

I did find a source for Iraq executing POW's, however:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/27/spr...pows.executed/

Slick.

[ May 01, 2004, 19:45: Message edited by: Slick ]

Aiken · #6 May 1st, 2004, 09:03 PM

OMG, you guys amased me. This CAN happen, if the "blood for blood and arm for arm" principle will dominate in this war in both sides of conflict.

[ May 01, 2004, 20:04: Message edited by: aiken ]

Slynky · #7 May 1st, 2004, 09:04 PM

Well, LordOffender, I understand your POV. However, I don't think "They mistreated our POWs so we are justified in mistreating theirs." is a good way to live life or conduct an affair under world scrutiny. To "win" this situation in Iraq, if indeed it is even possible, acting in a humane way is at least one of the keys.