My wish for our soldiers

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I want our soldiers to:


1. Win wars.
2. Come home alive.



If they choose to reverse those priorities, I can not blame them one bit. I don't think that officers would agree with me, as they are expected to sacrifice lives to accomplish a mission if needed. ("If needed." The irony is biting, I know.)

Anyway, if achieving those two goals includes anything and everything awful that you've ever seen reported by Walter Cronkite, 60 Minutes, and Katie Curic as they huff and puff and scold GIs for doing what they are supposed to do, then those reporters can all drop dead.

We shouldn't be telling American soldiers how not to win wars and stay alive. Torturing the enemy for fun is wrong. Torturing them to prevent attacks and stop terrorism is not just OK, it is the right thing to do.
 
So is torturing them, I suppose.

Don't you think the same sentiment applies to other countries' armies and their soldiers?
 
Zep said:
So is torturing them, I suppose.

Don't you think the same sentiment applies to other countries' armies and their soldiers?
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Yes.

Luckily, our troops have spell-check.
 
American said:
I want our soldiers to:


1. Win wars.
2. Come home alive.



If they choose to reverse those priorities, I can not blame them one bit. I don't think that officers would agree with me, as they are expected to sacrifice lives to accomplish a mission if needed. ("If needed." The irony is biting, I know.)

Anyway, if achieving those two goals includes anything and everything awful that you've ever seen reported by Walter Cronkite, 60 Minutes, and Katie Curic as they huff and puff and scold GIs for doing what they are supposed to do, then those reporters can all drop dead.

We shouldn't be telling American soldiers how not to win wars and stay alive. Torturing the enemy for fun is wrong. Torturing them to prevent attacks and stop terrorism is not just OK, it is the right thing to do.
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:rolleyes:

I honestly think that there need to be cutbacks in an already massive Military Industrial Complex.

It means more money for social programs.
 
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Torturing them to prevent attacks and stop terrorism is not just OK, it is the right thing to do.
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Not that it will matter to you, but both US and international laws disagree with you. People will be convicted and serve time for doing what you recommend.

More important, I hope you realize what you're doing to our soldiers out there right now by advocating torture.

Someone might be doing to American soldiers what they expect to be done to them. Are you thinking about what you're saying at all?
 
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Bjorn said:
Not that it will matter to you, but both US and international laws disagree with you. People will be convicted and serve time for doing what you recommend.

More important, I hope you realize what you're doing to our soldiers out there right now by advocating torture.

Someone might be doing to American soldiers what they expect to be done to them. Are you thinking about what you're saying at all?
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I'M RIGHT!
 
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Theodore Kurita said:


:rolleyes:

I honestly think that there need to be cutbacks in an already massive Military Industrial Complex.

It means more money for social programs.
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ME!
 
I think that "American" has had his bottle for tonite.

Lets leave him alone in hopes of not waking the baby.
 
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American said:
I'M RIGHT!
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I'm worried that we might expect reports about torture of Amercan soldiers or hostages in the near future. It's kind of strange and sad that you are supporting such behaviour. :(
 
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Bjorn said:
I'm worried that we might expect reports about torture of Amercan soldiers or hostages in the near future. It's kind of strange and sad that you are supporting such behaviour. :(
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Like I implied earlier.

Yes, "American" is a fun and easy troll to poke fun at.

Lets just ignore him in hopes that he stops posting really shi**y threads in "Politics, Current Events, and Social Issues"
 
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Bjorn said:
I'm worried that we might expect reports about torture of Amercan soldiers or hostages in the near future. It's kind of strange and sad that you are supporting such behaviour. :(
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Near future? How about the near past?
 
American said:
Torturing them to prevent attacks and stop terrorism is not just OK, it is the right thing to do.
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I have to say that the Geneva Convention and the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) disagree with you.

That said, not all of the photos depict acts of torture. Standing blindfolded in the nude before a female interrogator is not torture. Prisoners laying in clusters or on top of on another in the nude is not torture.

I cannot and will not excuse electrical shock, though...
 
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