The abuses of Iraqi prisoners by American military personnel need to be investigated and those responsible must be accountable and appropriately punished.
That said, the evil terrorists and milia who savagely decapitated civilian hostage Nick Berg alive while videotaping it, and all others doing similar evils need to be removed from the face of the earth as soon as possible.
I hope the world, and particularly the people of Iraq, will compare and contrast not only the actions of these groups but also the reactions of their leaders. Nick Berg certainly wishes he had the opportunity to be in a naked pyramid and that was the extent of his treatment.
People of Iraq, who do you want in your leadership? Those who are working for democracy for all, or those who are trying to impose their rule by torture and gruesome death. It's your choice which side you support and which you get.
As for us, I hope we'll get over the national hand-wringing over the prison abuses (leaving that to their own investigations and justice proceedings), remember that we're up against a truely brutal and evil enemy, and be unified with new resolve to finish the job in Iraq to the right end.
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With all due respect (and Life, you know I love ya), the more talk there is about "removing [people] from the face of the earth as soon as possible" the more I fear that soon there won't be a human race left to remove. It's an exercise in futility to debate who has a higher morality -- there is more than enough violence and blame to go around. How much better would we all be if we spent our time focusing on a plan for peace and hope and coexistence within the world? My 2-cents from an unabashed supporter and dreamer of peace. ~~GreenTuna.
For 99% of the population I agree, Tuna, but there is that very small percent, well represented by Berg's murderers who are savagely evil and need to be dealt with with decisive action. Sure bring them to justice in the courts, if possible, but neutralize their ability to propagate more evil acts. Evil only plays along to buy more time to do more evil.
The people who would act this way will not treat their own people any better should they ever gain power and influence in Iraq or any place else. The beheading of Berg, and other recent atrocities are not even being condemned by other leaders and yet our wrongful (and it is wrongful) humiliations of Iraqi prisoners receives blistering criticism from all quarters.
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