Tejek, the UK news is reporting some UK soldiers were pushing Iraqi prisoners off of a bridge (apparently to their deaths). Will UK investigate these murders? Where is this in our news?
A UK soldier said they did this because they were frustrated with the Iraqi police immediately releasing prisoners the UK soldiers captured - a revolving door (probably due to bribery.)
On another note, when Bush said he is "angry" over the incidents of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, this comment inflames people from overseas, because it is perceived as an attempt to remove himself from the role of leadership.
Instead Bush should convey he is in charge of the situation by issuing a deep apology and say he is very sorry this horrible abuse happened and that he will ensure the soldiers are prosecuted to their fullest extent, and ensure soldiers are trained on Geneva Convention.
By conveying anger, it's perceived he is more concerned about deflecting his role, than with taking charge of the situation and cleaning it up.
As a comparison, imagine if Barrett started ranting during an analyst conference meeting by saying, "Geez, that idiot Mr. {insert employee name} did xyz and just screwed up our stock price, so I am deeply angry at him."
That would be deflecting responsibility, and would get Barrett tossed out. Which is what Bush does, he conveys he is angry to deflect, rather than conveying an apology to embrace leadership over this situation.
As a contrast to Bush's style, instead Intel said something like, "We made a mistake. We intend to fix it." They didn't deflect responsibility with an angry rant like Bush does.
Bush is a King at using anger to deflect his role of responsibility, and people overseas sense this. This just makes people around the world even more upset at the USA.
The USA govt really needs to get a new PR machine - don't they even bother to ask for help from international people before they release this stuff?
Compare this to Blair who simply said it right. "We're very sorry. I have to agree with what they said. It was very wrong."
Regards,
Amy J |
