no one deserves to be treated this way

[kypper]

Originally posted by severin


ok, perhaps i wasn't clear enough....i think, that a lot of the people in iraq rather have saddam as a dictator than a us-generated government after a war. the iraqi people are among the least educated in the world. so they are much easier to influence and more likely to believe propaganda than other people. of course they know that their situation right now sucks, and of course they fear the regime. but i'm not sure if they would support a change

Seriously, that is the truth. There is a great "anti-imperialist" sentiment in the middle-east, Asia and Africa, and that translates to anti-America, regardless of whether Americans think they're imperialist or not. Over the past 50 years, many, MANY countries have chosen dictatorships over US-created governments. The US government just thinks it can keep doing it because of the success it had with Japan in 45.

[scouse_dave]

Originally posted by Travis Meeks
they are prisoners of war being flown by the army. they are secured to the plane with straps and handcuffs with their eyes covered. sorry but i fail to see the outrage

well, actually, according to your government, they're not prisoners of war

[Affect]

Originally posted by scouse_dave
well, actually, according to your government, they're not prisoners of war

Semantics.

[severin]

Originally posted by Affect
Semantics.

well, yes and no. with denying them the status of POW the US uses a backdoor to be able to treat them in a harsher way than they rightfully should. i mean it was a smart move by the US to do this, but from the viewpoint of human rights etc it is very disturbing

[scouse_dave]

Originally posted by Affect
Semantics.

well, it's the same semantics that are preventing the prisoners being treated humanely...

[Affect]

Human rights are so last year.