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2008-06-28 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2008-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 She sounds like a trailor girl. But she mostly took photos; others carried out the humiliation. Dehumanization of the enemy is part of war. US soldiers still refer to Iraqis as: Hadjis. It is the same as Vietnam. The enemy were called: "gooks." It is easier to fight nameless and faceless enemies.

Posted by McZoid 2008-06-28 00:49|| 2008-06-28 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 She's an idiot who had a great time and like a child suddenly realizes her fun was wrong and so now it's not her fault because if she's only known.

She's trash and should leave the public eye forever for embarassing her nation.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-28 02:11|| 2008-06-28 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow, she had to go all the way to Australia to find a newspaper that would touch her side of the story (such as it is!) with a ten-foot pole?

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-06-28 07:58|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-06-28 07:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Fifteen minutes are up, hon. Unless it backs their agenda, no one's interested.
Buh bye.

Posted by tu3031 2008-06-28 12:20|| 2008-06-28 12:20|| Front Page Top

#5 It was more like going back to high school. Soldiers coupled up and soldiers partied and nobody got smoked. "The higher-ups, first sergeants, platoon sergeants, they knew what was going on," England said. "But, as long as they didn't see it, it wasn't happening."

And if they didn't, they certainly should have, as should the officers as well. Having been a teenage soldier, it's quite difficult for me to fault England, then or now. At least she VOLUNTEERED to serve! I can remember a time when large numbers of able bodied men left the country rather than serve.

"Men of the ranks are cunning and devious, they bear close watching."

Posted by Besoeker 2008-06-28 12:24|| 2008-06-28 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 It is important to remember that both Lynndie and her boyfriend (Garner) were into S&M sex play before they got to Iraq.

If there are any "lessons learned" from this incident, I hope they screen the guards for sadistic tendencies before they put them in charge of detainees.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-06-28 15:12|| 2008-06-28 15:12|| Front Page Top

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