I think the real question is... Looking at the way captives have been slaughtered, should this not be a validation for the treatment by our military?

Quite frankly, were I a squad member of one of these recent US victim's, I would not think twice before shooting first and asking questions later.

I think the real question is... Looking at the way captives have been slaughtered, should this not be a validation for the treatment by our military?

Quite frankly, were I a squad member of one of these recent US victim's, I would not think twice before shooting first and asking questions later.

Fuck this stupid war. And all the assholes who voted for this retarded sociopath of a "leader"

Was the Haditha incident referenced by those who claimed responsibility for the capture and killing of the US soldiers?

Yep, one of the many reasons you don't go to war unless you have to.

Mapleleaf, if ignorence is bliss you are one happy mo fo. Do you really believe Abu Grhaib was an isolated incident? That kind of stuff is reported all over Iraq, Afganistan, Gitmo, etc. The real difference is that our electorate, (semi)free press and the like make it so our leaders feel slightly compelled to take token actions like sentencing a couple privates and non-coms to prison. There, problem solved! and now you and Fox news can rest your conscience that our torture and murder is much more humane and sensible than "theirs".

Here's one thing we will do to the enemy combatants that we didn't do to ourslelves... hold their leadership responsible for the attrocities they commit.

Yes, we got to get out of there. But not until conditions on the ground are good enough so that Iraq's army and police can take over (at least Hillary agrees with that) - and we'll probably have some presense for 20 years to come in Iraq.

That's what most Iraqi's want, even though they hate our presense, the don't want total chaos.

It's like W is driving America in a Hummer through a raging river. Many said "No, don't Geroge" but he did anyway. Now we're starting to get stuck mid-stream. The loony left wants us to abandon the Hummer and run back to shore - certain drowning. But W's going to gun it and drive us to the other side. There's no choice.

I'll be as sanguine about US atrocities as you are when the real perpetrators are in prison - Alberto Gonzalez, Dick Cheney, and George Bush. Until then, go fuck yourself.

By the way, "collateral damage" from US bombings has killed as many or more Iraqis as "terrorists" (actually, those Iraqis who have the temerity to be ungrateful about our illegal invasion) have. But little facts like that can't get in the way of your warmongering peabrain, I suppose....

How about some sort of references for these bullshit assertions, newshound. And no, waterboarding an insane person and wasting thousands of man-hours on the false leads that were generated doesn't count. Newshound, pfft...

My dad was a WWII veteran, and he died last year knowing we had an idiot as president and that soldiers and innocents were dying for absolutely no reason.

Why don't you change your handle to Boeing Field or Harbor Island - something that would reflect your subservience to your corporate masters?

Chickenhawk P.O.S....