As a nation, what have we become? We used to be the beacon for freedom and justice, but that reputation has been sullied in the eyes of the world. (And the descent didn't take that long, I might add.)
Check out this story. Its revelations rank with the Abu Ghraib. This is being reported in Europe, but apparently the US MSM won't touch it.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2005-09-21/news/news.html
Choice quotes after the flip. If you don't follow me there, at least check out the article.
Quotes from the article:
If you want to see the true face of war, go to the amateur porn Web site NowThatsFuckedUp.com. For almost a year, American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been taking photographs of dead bodies, many of them horribly mutilated or blown to pieces, and sending them to Web site administrator Chris Wilson. In return for letting him post these images, Wilson gives the soldiers free access to his site. American soldiers have been using the pictures of disfigured Iraqi corpses as currency to buy pornography.
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One soldier posted three photographs of corpses lying in the street and titled his collection, "die haji die." The soldiers take pride, even joy, in displaying the dead.
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The legal fight over whether to release the remaining photographs of atrocities at Abu Ghraib has dragged on for months, with no less a figure than Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Meyers arguing that the release of such images will inflame the Muslim world and drive untold numbers to join Al Qaeda. But none of these can compare to the prospect of American troops casually bartering pictures of suffering and death for porn.
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This is a well-researched and truly riveting piece. Many thanks to Chris Thompson and East Bay Express for publishing it.
What on earth are we doing in Iraq? Why are we allowing this to happen in our names? Why are we still paying for this war?