"Only a handful of US soldiers were torturers"

HFishbine

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Thu May-06-04 07:22 AM
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"Only a handful of US soldiers were torturers"

My girlfriend made an interesting point last night. Hearing Sean Hannity explain that only a handful of US soldiers engaged in torture, she remarked that only a handful of people attacked us on 9-11 and now half of the Middle East is paying the price. We are certainly willing to hold whole peoples, even those not involved, responsible for the actions of a few, yet we ask the world to isolate the actions of a few when they are on our side.

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Catch22Dem

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Thu May-06-04 07:25 AM
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1. You're right (she's right)

That's a very good point! Besides, the handful who attacked us on 9-11 were Saudi anyway.

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EV1Ltimm

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Thu May-06-04 07:26 AM
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2. are you surprised by the hypocrisy?

because i sure the hell am not.

she makes a really good point though.

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lefty_mcduff

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Thu May-06-04 07:27 AM
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3. Excellent point.

n/t

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amber dog democrat

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Thu May-06-04 07:28 AM
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4. It takes only a handful

Edited on Thu May-06-04 07:29 AM by amber dog democrat

of any group to cause serious mischief. Only a handful of bad leaders can embark a nation on a disasterous heading, ( just look at WWII Japan and Germany ).

It will take us 2 generations to live this down and this assumes that more egreious events won't come to light.

Excellent post.

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CWebster

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Thu May-06-04 07:30 AM
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5. Great point. nt

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mopaul

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Thu May-06-04 07:31 AM
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6. yeah that's total bullshit too

we all know this shit is rampant, not isolated. our soldiers actually believe that the iraqi people attacked us on 9-11. this is revenge for that. they don't know any better, their commander in chief told them the iraqis killed 3000 people in n.y. city.

it's much much more than a handful, i'll bet there are thousands of army soldiers committing the same kinds of atrocities, or worse.

more awful photos are coming

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