Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 08:27:35

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


Tyler Trafford wrote:
> Ken McElhaney wrote:
> > TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote:
> >
> >> But whatever Saddam did has no relation whatsoever to our treatment
> >> of prisoners of war.
> >
> > I point it out because it keeps getting lost in the arguement. That
> > somehow everything in Iraq was peachy-keen (like Moore's depiction of
> > Iraqis flying kites in his film "Farenheit 911") until we showed up.
> > Again, ask the Kurds 'n Shia (who rarely appear on tv since almost all
> > the violence is happening in Sunni territory) if the United States is
> > just as bad or even in the same ballpark as Saddam.
>
> I don't think anyone uses Abu Gharib as a reason the US shouldn't have
> gone over there.  (Have they?)  What happened there is a separate issue.

Well, TNZ seems to think that our status among Iraqis dropped waaaaay
down because of what happened at Abu Ghraib.  And my response is that
while what happened there was a black eye for the US and everyone
involved should be punished, the Kurds 'n Shia (who represent 80% of
the country and were 100% the target of Saddam's abuses) will not be as
critical of what happened as we have been to ourselves.

Can anyone think that the Kurds, who lost over 100,000 of their
fathers, brothers, sisters, sons 'n daughters to Saddam's men will view
Abu Graib in the same light?  How about the Shia who lost even MORE of
their people? Again, do they view us on the same level as Saddam? Since
they represent the vast majority of the Iraqi population, isn't their
view of what happened really important to our future with their
country?  


Ken

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