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dr.moe · 11-02-2005, 08:15 AM

joeb Wrote:...

Sgt. Boomer Wrote:Abu Ghraib was the work of a few rouge soldiers, and so out of character for America that it was front page news for months
Yeah, a true objective investigation went into that by, if I\'m not mistaken, the Pentagon.... Really man, you\'re not gonna convince me that torturing those people was \'work of a few rogue soldiers\'... Or \'so out of character for America\'.... believe me the US government does not give a shit about human rights!

no. :\\ i had to take a breath before i started this post. Big Grin

two things - first: the acts in abu graib were done by soldiers to soldiers, people to poeple - not governments to governments. please do not confuse a shared vision with an extremist(or radical, acolyte, any one person sharing the vision).

second: by what scale do you gauge america\'s compassion for human rights? seriously now, why would ANYONE, much less a group of rich white dudes, take the time, effort and cash and try to better someone else or make sure they\'re safe?! what can you gain by that?! debt. the nation\'s debt kinda explains that(im not saying that\'s all the US spends its cash on. but it doesnt all go toward bombs either).

big thing i wanted to say, the US military screwed up by forgetting something about human nature. there was a study performed in the bomb shelter of a university campus. the study involved two groups: prisoners and guards. the guards had no superiors and the prisoners had no rights.

in less than a month, the study went straight downhill. prisoners were being beaten, raped, violated in every concievable way. at first it was cool, boundaries were accepted and respect was shared. but it went down hill almost immediately. they cancelled the stud, and that experiment along with a couple others caused the US government to ban such experiments from being conducted. in the name of human rights ~ what reason do we have to subject humans to such disturbing experiments? there you go.

the US military forgot about this experiment, and now we are all paying the price.