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I watched the video, and I have a few comments:
The reason people can do things like this is because they do not view the victim as an equal human being. To his murderers Nick Berg was a political statement, not a human being. The same applies to the American who killed the wounded Iraqi soldier; his opponent was the enemy.
The fact of the matter is that cruelty will happen on both sides of any engagement. People will use this video as a rallying cry for both Iraqi resistance and an American drive to crush that resistance.
To those who suggest we pull out, consider what that would do to the Iraqi people. Rebellion would splinter the country into territories ruled by warlords, and the civilian population would be decimated by civil war. The fact of the matter is that our country has a responsibility to end the job we have started, and restore peace to a country that we have brought to war. Our reasons for entering this war are now irrelevant; what matters is how we finish.
I fear that the current administration has not completely covered that end.
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