…no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Do you want one event that summarises, if only to me, exactly where the US has gone wrong in Iraq? In the mindset that allows this. The US army, on patrol, comes across some Iraqis stealing wood (frivolously stealing wood, for cooking etc. Can you imagine!). Do the soldiers talk to the civilians reasonably, maybe even with some sense of sympathy?
HELL NO!! Thats not the US way, obviously. Heres what they do : US Tank crushes Iraqi civilian’s car.
No wonder Colin Powell thinks its time the Bush administration came to terms with the obvious fact its a civil war now in Iraq. Via Think Progress : Powell says Iraq Is In A Civil War And Bush Should Stop Denying It
Jimmy Carter says :“Iraq Invasion…One Of The Greatest Blunders That American Presidents Have Ever Made”
And Judge Strikes Down Bush on Terror Groups. From the article : “A federal judge struck down President Bush’s authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutional and vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday”.
As an Iraq veteran I can tell you that this is no typical behaviour. What your doing is akin to showing video footage of a liquor store robbery and holding it up as your justification for hating black people. This is not hour the military behaves in Iraq.