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Sunday, August 06, 2006

The US and its isolated incidents

Isolated incidents and bad apples. That is how American apologists explain the ever lenthening list of war crimes committed by American troops in Iraq.

Isolated incidents.
I doubt they were ordered to abuse and kill innocent people, but they understood well enough from their superiors that the "enemy" isn't human, and that all Iraqis are fair game, and that "arabs only understand brute force." The soldiers acted accordingly, they did as they were trained. They were trained to hate the enemy, and the do. Their actions show it.
I guess it's time for the Bush administration to launch another radio station to counter the ever diminished image of the United States.

posted by Jason at 3:28 PM

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