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

To: one_less who wrote (597829)	7/30/2004 7:12:09 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I am asking if there was corroboration for Kerry's testimony of pervasive atrocities among eye witnesses None that I saw. I didn't dig deeply into it, though. Maybe an hour of googling and reading. Might be hard to find someone, even if the stories were true. Would not only open old wounds, but might also open that person to possible charges. Based on the stories out of Iraq, it seems that when you put young troops into a situation of constant fear, there will be incidents. How often, how brutal, and how widespread, I can't guess. I think the only solution is to get to a point where we don't put our troops into such a situation, and when we do, have them properly trained, with a plan on how to reduce the explosiveness of the environment.

To: one_less who wrote (597829)	7/30/2004 7:35:10 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The popular rage against the Viet Nam war in the US for 35 years has been primarily based on this. Baloney! The protests against the war were almost entirely based on saving one's own skin. It wasn't until the draft that the protests became prevalent. Right now, most people don't give a damn about how many Iraqis were tortured and/or killed in Iraqi prisons run by the so-called coalition. But wait until the draft (which is a certainty if Dumbya gets elected) and you will see for yourself how the anti-war protests will take off.