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To: gamesmistress who wrote (43822)	5/12/2004 7:22:03 AM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793723

Most Americans do not in any way excuse Abu Ghraib, but also see that any sort of moral equivalence between our flawed democracy and Islamism's pathological hatred is obscene. In the backs of their minds, I think many see stripping a prisoner in a top security area of a top security prison as a necessary and often done thing. Strip searches even in our minimum security prisons are not uncommon. Indeed, near strip searches are done daily at American airports now. The stripping is not necessarily viewed as criminal...the after action as depicted in the photos is. Many were rightfully revulsed by the abuse. Releasing the beheading film could not have been timed more perfect to cause the near instant regurgitation of that revulsion. What could possibly be worse than the public beheading of an unarmed, innocent, helpless civilian, non-combatant by 5 masked hooded men performing this hideous act in front of a camera and on behalf of the top terrorist leadership? What American didn't say to himself, "Fxxk them" after watching the film, seeing the photos, or reading the account of Berg's public slaughter? We needed to see this. Americans need to get it. These Muslim extremists are totally dedicated to their mission of killing all Jews, killing all Christians, and killing all Americans. They are happy killing us in groups and happy killing us individually. They are happy killing our soldiers and happy killing our unarmed men, women and children. And they are not afraid to die doing it. We are very fortunate to have a military that is willing to take the fight to them in their own back yard. We must maintain our fighting strength. We as individuals can help by telling our elected officials to support the military. Tell them if they vote for a military appropriations bill after voting against it, or if they vote against it after voting for it...you are going to vote against them after having voted for them. unclewest