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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Not to sound harsh or anything, but if you really believe captured US troops would be treated better if the US treats Iraqi captives well, I'd say you're pretty naive.
Terrorists/insurgents/freedom fighters generally don't care one bit about human rights, *especially* if they happen to be Muslims, and their opponents happen to be evil Americans (or worse: Jews)...
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I don't understand what you're trying to say here. Are you saying our opponents will torture our troops anyway, so we may as well torture them? I think that's a horrible attitude. One reason, supposedly, that we invaded Iraq was to prevent the abuses of Saddam Hussein. Now, in one of his prisons, we are conducting the same abuses.
Your statement about Muslims is racist and xenophobic. There is nothing about the Islamic faith that says "you must torture your enemy" any more than there is in the Christian bible.
The USA is violating international law with this torture. I believe Seretogis meant that if we expect other countries, Muslim or non-Muslim, to respect international law, then we should do it too.
Remember when Rumsfeld complained about Geneva convention violations when Saddam put pictures of captured troops on television? If he made those same complaints today, do you think the people would respect his statements?