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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (13492)	5/24/2004 12:59:12 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14610

I will state that I do not believe in situational ethics. We should not expect our soldiers to be treated with respect if captured if we do not treat their soldiers with respect when captured. I do think it is important to hold ourselves to a higher standard as well. on the other hand (or is it the same hand???), if our people are beheaded, then they should not be surprised when we respond in an emotional manner. On that, we need to remember that it was al qaeda that did the beheading and not the iraqi military or official representatives. The fact that they and many of our own wonderful citizens make the connection between the iraqi prison events and Nick Berg's beheading is absurd for the very reason stated above. Those were not al qaeda members in the prison, they were iraqis. Therefore a revenge killing doesn't apply. The idea that Al Qaeda is given any legitimacy and justification as representatives of Muslim is absurd. Because the claim S.A. as a holy land, does not mean that they get to determine that western influence in the country deserves violent retribution (same goes for israel). i suspect that iraq had a very specific purpose in the war on terror. Unfortunately, Saddam provided all the needed justification for the U.S. going in and removing him.