Mish was referring to the human rights abuses under the current US occupation of Iraq, which, if you have not heard, are not a myth but very much a reality.
In that respect, he has a point in calling the question whether or not US is "much better than Saddam".
About 10,000 civilians died in Iraq over the course of the past year. Now there is the reality that Iraqis (not just Al-Qaeda, but Iraqis detained for any reason whatsoever) were tortured.
That might be fine for you, because Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization with no real ties to Iraq, attacked the US. Bit some of us care about these thousands of people killed by Bush's war of choice, not to mention the hundreds treated inhumanely by American soldiers.
Saddam killed and tortured innocent people. Well, guess what, so does your own military.
You are right, though. Such things happen in war. That is why war is a Very Bad Thing. And people who oppose it are not necessarily wimps, nor anti-Americans, nor Muslim radicals, but perhaps people who don't want to see thousands dead and maimed, not to mention, tortured.
Just food for thought.
Oh and if you ever want to clarify what you meant by "you guys surrendered to enemy and attacked your own people", I am all ears... |
