|
Indeed it is a dirty business, but in the minds of many this war was justified and the right thing to do. If you accept that then you also have to expect that some civilians will die. No one is happy about it, but a large portion of people are willing to accept that as the price that must be paid. As the saying goes: Freedom isn't free.
It's also important to note the context in which the action takes place. You could draw comparisons between the prisons of old Iraq and the new US prisons, but they would be superficial. Torturing and rape as santioned policy and what happened in Abu Ghraib recently is quite a bit different.
__________________
From the day of his birth Gilgamesh was called by name.
|