[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Donut: I see. So it's not the disgusting things taht were done but the condemnation of the disgusting things that were done that is the problem here.

No, Donut, apparantly you don't see the point Senator Miller is trying to make. He is upset that the condemnation over the "disgusting things" done to Iraqi prisoners was so much more widespread than the condemnation of the barbaric murder of an America soldier or the brutal desecration of innocent American contractors not even connected to the military.

BTW, the dragging, dismemberment and burning of the contractor corpses was done before cheering crowds of Iraqi's - yet the global media seems to imply that the Americans "deserved" this treatment and we should be "sympathetic" towards the opressed Iraqi's.

I wonder what the reaction in the media (and the rest of the world) would have been if the pictures and video from Abu Ghraib had been received with rounds of cheering and applause among the American audience. [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Actually, I don't have to wonder at all, because we are being universally condemned for the relative handful of soldiers that committed these acts and facing accusations from several sources that "nothing is being done about the abuses", even though there is a great deal of evidence that the incidents were being investigated LONG before the media ever got hold of any pictures.

And that's the difference that is being overlooked here. The American military IS investigating the incidents that occurred and the charges HAVE been brought against those that participated in the acts. I haven't heard of any charges being brought against the Iraqi's that beheaded the soldier or the ones that burned the corpses of American contractors yet.

THAT is the point Senator Miller was making, Donut. If you care to read the speech again, you will note that Senator Miller specifically says that he does not condone the acts of the prison guards and that they should be dealt swift and sure punishment for their actions.