Subj : Re: BSG
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 05:44:51

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John Iwaniszek wrote:

> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote:
> 
>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>>


>>> Considering the vast amount of crimes committed by every country
>>> during warfare is at least equal, if not much greater than we have
>>> ever committed (Germany, Japan, Russia, shall I go on?), I'm less
>>> concerned with our "moral authority" standing as I am with staying
>>> on the path that will eventually bring down Islamic-based terrorism.
>>> The Kurds 'n Shia who will run Iraq is a start in a decades-long
>>> struggle in this conflict.  Even if we do everything "perfectly",it
>>> will take decades to rid the world of the kind of terrorism. 
>>> Ken
>> 
>> Yes, all sorts of bad things happen in the chaos of war. But as I
>> said above, the one place where we actually have the power to stop
>> those things from happening is in the controlled atmosphere of a
>> prison. 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> Shorter Ken: "We still aren't as bad as the Nazis."  What a moron.
> 
> 
> My Lai.  504 subdued and unarmed civilians (women and children) gunned
> down systematically over a period of a few hours.  It was a war crime
> and it was a controlled setting.  The soldiers made a choice and they
> chose murder.  Not every American in attendance approved and, like at
> Abu Ghraib, there were some who were shocked by the barbarism and
> tried to stop it.  Good for them.  The ones who did it and the people
> who covered it up and make excuses for it are criminals.
> 
> 
> 

Here's some perspective:  http://vibrathorr.mysteria.cz/webs/my-lai.htm

They were probably just blowing off steam.  It was no worse than a 
fraternity prank.  No harm done. 

Right.

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