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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Captors Free Lebanese, Syrian Drivers
2004-08-13
Posted by:Fred

#19  you peoples are not understand the nuances that gentile brings to the table
Posted by: Half   2004-08-13 1:51:34 PM  

#18  you peoples are not understand the nuances that gentile brings to the table
Posted by: Half   2004-08-13 1:51:34 PM  

#17  im try that agin
you burghers dont understand the nuances that gen tile brings to the goat pit
Posted by: Half   2004-08-13 1:53:17 PM  

#16  A few US guards were guilty of light abuse and they're being punished, whereas torture and murder are SOP in Arab Muslim jails all day, every day in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Saddam's Iraq, Afghanistan under the Taliban, Iran and I dare say the UAE.
Nor do our sentences--even as occupiers--require that people be stoned to death, or that their hands and feet be chopped off or that they be executed by beheading as Muslim countries under shari'a do.
Posted by: GreatestJeneration   2004-08-13 12:39:14 PM  

#15  Gentle, is it OK to cut their heads off as long as you treat them well beforehand, and you do the cutting politely?

Also, did it ever occur to you that maybe the victims (or are they not victims) that say they were well-treated say that because they are worried about other victims still in the custody of their kidnappers?

Also, not all of them say they were well-treated.

Posted by: anonymous   2004-08-13 12:35:20 PM  

#14  Gentle,

Which to you prefer:

1) We line the up in front of a ditch and shoot them in the back of the head.

2) We gouge out their daughters eyes right in front of them in order to get them to talk.

3) We organize rape squads to go out and collect innocent young (virgin) girls to be the guest of honor at a 'rape room'.

4) We (or a few misfits) place women's panties on top of their heads.


Hint: 1 - 3 where apparent standard operating procedure for the Saddam (arab) regime. 4) was conducted by a few misfit soldiers under a incompetent officer over the course of a few days. Not to say 4) was not bad - it was - but the people involved are being punished.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-13 12:34:15 PM  

#13  Gentle, arguing with you would be like arguing with a bag of cement.

Personally I find the bag of cement far more capable of well reasoned discourse...
Posted by: Raj   2004-08-13 12:33:05 PM  

#12  No, the guards at Abu ghraib hid thier crimes because there was no logic or reason behind them.
Not that logic would make murder allright, just a little bit less scary.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:30:23 PM  

#11  Do you really call what England did really fine?
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:28:10 PM  

#10  Um, Gentle, I don't recall the Americans at Abu Ghraib tying their prisoners' hands behind their backs and decapitating them, recording it on video, and posting it to news organisations.

Why is it that those who live to tell their tale always state that they were well-treated?

I can't speak for anyone else, but if I'd just got out from the clutches of classic psychopaths, the sort of men who calmly hack their 'guests' heads off, I'd be pretty thankful too.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-13 12:27:51 PM  

#9  Fart, Gentle!
Our soldiers treated the Iraqis just fine.
Any kind of Arab Muslim jails aren't known for their humane treatment of prisoners--far from from it!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration   2004-08-13 12:23:43 PM  

#8  Maybe, just maybe, its because they actually do treat them well.
Contrast that to the way American Guards treat the Iraqis and THINK of what both actions tell about each nation.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:21:32 PM  

#7  I don't know Gentle, why?
Posted by: anonymous   2004-08-13 12:18:35 PM  

#6  Gentle, arguing with you would be like arguing with a bag of cement. I'd prefer not to waste my time. So... buh-bye.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-13 12:14:26 PM  

#5  Then how can you bear yourself?
It must be a constant struggle.
I don't envy you.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:10:37 PM  

#4  I'll let the other folks here to deal with you today. I don't suffer fools too well .
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-13 12:09:02 PM  

#3  WRONG. They should be more than happy to abuse those who kidnapped them.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 11:56:32 AM  

#2  Key words: "those who live to tell their tale".
I dunno? Maybe they're glad THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR HEADS CUT OFF!
But that's just a guess...
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-13 11:54:54 AM  

#1  Why is it that those who live to tell their tale always state that they were well-treated?
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 11:41:02 AM  

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