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I have been avoiding this thread for a bit to see where it would go. I am disappointed a some of the repsonses, but that's just me. If Iraqi soldiers did this to American POWs, I would feel just as bad as if it were us doing it to them. Just because there are several thousand miles between us and our cultural values are vastly different, doesn't make it any better that one country is doing it to the other, and vice versa. War sucks as it is. These incidents just add fuel to the fire and anyone who thinks it is ok to torture, humiliate, and mistreat a POW needs to have their head examined. Just because some Iraqi's hung four contractors from a bridge after torturing, burning, and mutilating them, doesn't mean I want to see our troops stoop to that level. We are humans, not fucking animals. People living outside the U.S. and looking in, seem to have a view that Americans think they are better than the rest but we are not. We just have different values and a different belief system. Who is right? Who is wrong? If you think you are right just because you are an American, I suggest getting over yourself already. This is not directed at any TFPer.
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