June 30, 2005

Torture at Guantanamo?

So, why are liberals causing such a stir with the "torture" and "abuse" at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo? Well, apparently they don't like Bush or anything connected to what he does, specifically this war. People write whole books to that, which is why I don't need to discuss it here. There is absolutely no reason why this issue of "torture" needs to be politicized. Obviously, those soldiers were wrong in doing it. Embarassing someone is never a good thing and I personally look down on unprofessional behavior. But take it in context of what's happening with the rest of the war: there should be more uproar about the terrorists beheading people than all this complaining about the rights of the captives. In fact, the US actually follows Geneva convention rules about taking care of the enemy. Those bozos who try to kill us are fed better than some poor people in the US and have been given everything they need to practice their religion and make them as comfortable as possible while being held. Then you have the other side who only follow their ideology of hate and can't even take care of themselves much less their captives. And the best way to keep rations is to behead another hostage. Of course you have to videotape it first to make it count for allah and send it to al-jazeera to display to the rest of the world. Must be a sub-section to the fifth pillar. There were reports of 15 detainees, some disillusioned by Islam, mishandling their own Korans using it as a pillow, ripping pages out of it, attempting to flush one down the toilet, and urinating on it. As always, the media gets it wrong and says that a US soldier flushed one Koran down the toilet (which was later disproved and was retracted) and, oh man, it's one of the worst of these atrocities against the misunderstood Islamists. When the leftist US media and al-jazeera blew it way out of proportion, it resulted in the deaths of 16 people in Afghanistan. I hope the average American citizen will notice the dissonance. The "average" blue PA citizen wouldn't necessarily agree with me, nor would they notice their own entrenched liberal programming. They seem to like being brainwashed by anything they listen to or watch, instead of making a well-informed, thoughtful decision based on different sources. I'm not even going to get started on political blogs. All I'm saying is their focus is wrong. Instead of blaming our soldiers, these people making their unnecessary ruckus should divert their energy to questioning their view of the world and do something constructive like getting their information right for a change. They seem to be ignorant of the true definition of "peace." They have this communistic utopian view of peace that is myopic at worst, callow at best. In their minds, peace is merely the absence of conflict. In truth, peace is the freedom won after conflict.

Dissent is healthy, spreading false reports and information isn't.

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