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15-09-2005, 16:18
How Did Americans Become Mongols of the 21st Century?
By Sam Hamod
Al-Jazeerah, September 15, 2005
As an American citizen, I cannot understand why our military is behaving like Mongols of the 13th century in Iraq. Why are they massacring civilians, terrorizing cities, pretending that ordinary citizens are "terrorists," bombing wedding parties and then justifying them by saying that they "appeared to be congregating and were a threat because of that," and "we shot him because he was taking dangerous pictures that could have been used against us," and when speaking of killing a Reuters cameraman, "he was in the way, taking pictures."
How has our country and our military sunk to such a low level of morality? How have our military boys and girls been taught to be beasts? How have they been transformed from caring, Christian kids into brutes who kill and are happy they killed men, women and children? Who taught them that Iraqis were animals to be hunted and killed? Who taught them that it was o.k. to go in and terrorize a city like Fallujah, bombing mosques and killing men and boys because they protested the American brutality? Who taught them to go in and terrorize a city like Tal Afar and laugh about it and say it was because of "terrorists"--when it was ordinary citizens they were attacking and killing--often people who were huddled in their homes with fright?
The only answers I have are GW Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and the pusher, Wolfowitz.
If you have any better answers, please let me know.
Dr. Sam Hamod, editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com
By Sam Hamod
Al-Jazeerah, September 15, 2005
As an American citizen, I cannot understand why our military is behaving like Mongols of the 13th century in Iraq. Why are they massacring civilians, terrorizing cities, pretending that ordinary citizens are "terrorists," bombing wedding parties and then justifying them by saying that they "appeared to be congregating and were a threat because of that," and "we shot him because he was taking dangerous pictures that could have been used against us," and when speaking of killing a Reuters cameraman, "he was in the way, taking pictures."
How has our country and our military sunk to such a low level of morality? How have our military boys and girls been taught to be beasts? How have they been transformed from caring, Christian kids into brutes who kill and are happy they killed men, women and children? Who taught them that Iraqis were animals to be hunted and killed? Who taught them that it was o.k. to go in and terrorize a city like Fallujah, bombing mosques and killing men and boys because they protested the American brutality? Who taught them to go in and terrorize a city like Tal Afar and laugh about it and say it was because of "terrorists"--when it was ordinary citizens they were attacking and killing--often people who were huddled in their homes with fright?
The only answers I have are GW Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and the pusher, Wolfowitz.
If you have any better answers, please let me know.
Dr. Sam Hamod, editor, www.todaysalternativenews.com