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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (573556)	5/10/2004 11:42:12 AM
From: blue red	Respond to of 769670

Are you so naive as to believe the firing of those people will solve the problem of the terrorists attacking , burning, murdering, desecrating and hanging the civilians and soldiers in Iraq? I didn't even address the subject of Iraqi resistance to the occupation, but of course I don't believe that, since you bring it up. The resistance exists because the occupation exists, just as it would exist here if Iraqis occupied America. It will end when the occupation ends. I want to remind you that American prisoners and hostages have thus far been treated humanely by Iraqis, for the most part. There has been no conflict for Iraqis between resisting the occupation and treating prisoners humanely. It is different when Iraqis see photographs in which Iraqi prisoners are tortured by Americans. I hope you can see why. Consider especially that Iraq is a tribal society with an eye-for-an-eye ethic. There's nothing novel in these observations. You'll find them in statements by the military in the press. One major reason for treating 'enemy' prisoners humanely is that only by doing so can the US demand humane treatment of its own soldiers in enemy custody. This is common sense. No one can guarantee that any action whatsoever will prevent the nightmare scenario of vengeance that military leaders now fear. But the only hope is a demonstration that the US takes the torture problem with the utmost seriousness and will not tolerate it. Prosecuting a few privates will not accomplish that.