April 04, 2006
They carry medallions in their pockets...
One of the things that pisses me off most, when I think of the Abu Ghraib scandal, is all the phonies and liars who claimed to be "heartbroken," or "So disappointed in America," or "I'm so sad our military has lost its honor" or "this country is not what it used to be."
How do I know they are phonies and liars? Am I just making wild accusations, or do I have evidence? (OF COURSE I have evidence! I ALWAYS have evidence. You read Random J, you get the straight dope, with no BS.)
IF, if if if, those people did, as they claimed, care about America, and about the honor of our military, etc etc., then they would also be looking for the GOOD in America, and the GOOD in our military, and stories like this would recieve wide publicity. This is from The Faith of the American Soldier, by Stephen Mansfield, page 156:
....It worked. Both through the reforms that the military enacted to correct the scandals, and through the proactive ministries of the new chaplains, Abu Ghraib has been transformed. Chaplain Taylor explained that there have been no further abuses and that, in fact, the prison has become a model success story. Attendence at chapel services reaches into the hundreds. Now, many of the soldiers stationed at Abu Ghraib with the 391st [Military Police Battalion, from Columbus, Ohio] carry medallions in their pockets that express their pride in the opportunity to live down the negative stigma of the prison. The slogan on the coin defines their newfound sense of mission. It says simply, "Restoring America's Honor."....
"Restoring America's Honor." Well, you could have predicted it. But they won't get any praise from media or leftiests or "pacifists", because this story doesn't fit the Party Line. And the harpies who gorged on Abu Ghraib don't want America's honor restored. They hate America. When Abu Ghraib hit the news, they swelled up to twice their size, and their eyes glowed, and they made little smacking noises with their lips (metaphorically speaking).
And, by the way, they were also liars and hypocrites when they claimed to feel sorry for the poor prisoners. At the same time the scandal was happening, hundreds of those prisoners were being killed or maimed by mortar attacks on the prison by terrorists. None of the sob-sisters ever mentioned that, or gave the slightest bit of criticism to the terrorists. They never do.
Posted by John Weidner at April 4, 2006 07:07 PM
The fact that the first nation on Earth founded on the belief that there are inalienable human rights has to restore it’s honor is an indictment...
Posted by: Andrew Cory at April 4, 2006 08:50 PMhaving worked at abu ghraib myself...let me just say that these "detainee abuse" scandals are, for the most part, liberal organizations sympathizing with the enemy by conjuring up wild and ficticious stories. And anyways, since when did terrorists fall under the protection of the Geneva Conventions?
Posted by: anonymous at April 4, 2006 09:07 PMIf only Americans had any real idea how well these terrorist detainees have it these days. In Iraq, we were forced to allow detainees to watch movies and possess radios. Detainees were allowed to have their families visit them sometimes two or three times a week. Before the families would depart, there'd be a soldier there ready to take a family portrait. The detainees have more rights than the soldiers and to make matters worse, they are fully aware of this and play off of it often. Many of our soldiers lived in rooms with no air conditioning when temperatures were reaching 130 degrees, waking up drenched in sweat and dehydrated. You can believe that the detainees never suffered more than a few minutes without air conditioning. The liberal organizations and their sympathy for the enemy has made it very tough for the soldiers. No officer wants to be accused of detainee abuse..and so detainees, for the most part, are given whatever they want..you name it: daily cigarettes, top notch medical care, gatorade, sodas, books and magazines, movies, and so on.
Posted by: anonymous at April 4, 2006 09:19 PMAndrew, no it's not. Unless the standard is that no one ever makes mistakes.
Actually, we've treated prisoners much worse during the various Democrat wars of the 20th Century. Including plenty of instances where didn't take them prisoner at all, but just shot them. (And our enemies did the same to us.)
If you dig into the memoirs, you discover that combat is like that. Getting taken prisoner is very tricky and risky, since you are asking for a get-out-of-combat-free card from people you've been trying to kill, and whose friends you may have just killed, and who don't get to leave themselves.
The terrorists are very lucky to be fighting honorable professionals. Especially since they have publicly threatened to torture and kill any American soldiers who fall into their hands. (Which never got them the slightest morsel of criticism from you lefty flakes.)
And you are far luckier than you deserve to live in a country defended by such men. Your casual lefty sneers are unworthy of you.
Posted by: John Weidner at April 4, 2006 09:44 PMIf those people care as they claim to then they would not exaggerate or outright fabricate accusations of bad American behaviour.
Posted by: sq at April 4, 2006 09:45 PM
