You finally get to a point that you just want to wipe the whole mess off of the map! I know there are many others that share this attitude. It proves my point that if the "Innocent Iraqi" people would stand up and say that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated then I might feel some sympathy for them! The sad thing is the few who have spoken out would never do anything to punish the terrorists! A slap on the wrist and a "don't do that kind of stuff" just doesnt cut it!! PUNISHMENT, PUNISHMENT, PUNISHMENT!!! We will punish the soldiers who "abused" the prisoners. We will stand before the world and apoligize and the world will see the results. We hear a few "shocked and horrified" statements from a few Middle Eastern governments about the beheading but somebody please tell me if we ever SEE anything done about it!!!
I understand that we can't leave, and should not, but there has to come a point where we lump everyone together and go forth. If you don't stand against it then you must be for it and approve of it!
I'm not so stupid as to believe that all of the Iraqi people feel that the tactics of terrorism are ok, but please tell me when there has ever been a time when innocents have not died in war? Can anyone tell me that all those people who died on 9-11 weren't innocent? They didn't even know they were at war!!!
I'm afraid there is going to come a point where we have to make one heck of an impact to get people to really pay attention! When we have murderers in our country we track them down and deal with them. I have no doubt that there are plenty of people in Iraq who know who did this to Berg. If we offer enough bribe money maybe someone will turn one of them in! Maybe!
I know I'm rattling and probably not making sense but my point is this... We should not have to bribe, cajole, or threaten any government to punish ANY horrific crime of terror! It should be automatic! We go into Iraq using precision bombs and doing our darndest to not hurt anyone outside the intended targets. What did that get us, a bunch of Iraqi soldiers holed up in hospitals and schools because they know how humanitarian we are!! They play us as suckers because of our attempts to be upstanding human beings. (as upstanding as you can be in war) Not only do we do all that but then we stay and ship in food, water, medical supplies, and help rebuild the damage from our bombs!!!
Now we have a few stray soldiers who are not following the humanitarian rules we have come to live by. Yet even on their worst day they couldn't begin to hold a candle to most middle east prisons!! Right around the corner we have an American civilian who has no clue about what is going on in that prison, but what the heck, lets cut off his head anyway!! Now people want to blame the "bad Americans" because this wouldn't have happened if they hadn't been so mean to those poor "Innocent Iraqi's" (why are they in prison?).
I'm sick and tired of the bashing!!! You know, we went into Japan with out much concern for who was on the ground and just a few nasty bombs ended the whole thing. People don't seem to get humanity. Why is it that fear and cruelty seem to be the everlasting memory that makes you stop and think before you do it again? How very sad that the world can't appreciate just how hard we have tried to be as compassionate as possible. Whether you think we should be there or not, can't we at least get some respect for something???!!!