why american soldiers make tortures and are they humanbeings???
150907
Because these kids (most are uner 25) have been sent to a foreign country and put in a situation where any of them could be killed, any time, any where. Where the people back home claim to support them but don't want them to actually finish what they started. Where the only news to come out of the area is bad news, irregardless of all the good that's being done. Where they've seen friends go out on patrol and never come back, or come back with traumatic injuries. Where the law of the land is highly restrictive (it is an Islamic nation, with Islamic cultural sensitivities) - many of the things we take for granted here are foreign ideas there. \n\n*Any* person put under this much stress will find ways to deal with that stress. Most find relatively non-destructive ways to deal - playing cards with the guys(and gals), sports, reading, etc. There will always be a few, however, who go to the extreme and vent their frustrations in a less than acceptable manner. It's the nature of the beast... not that the military has ever been that good at dealing with such stresses during an operation...
1106367
OK, I can understand what you are trying to say. But you must look at it much differently than you are looking at it. Example-In our school system in the US, the purpose is to educate children to a degree that they will be compatable in an educated world, however in some instances you will find teachers charged with raping a student. These are also highly trained professionals like soldiers are. Now here lies the dissimmilarity, You will never hear a public cry for a school where a teacher commited rape to be closed, only for the teacher to be brought to the fullest extent of justice under our law. However when a soldier or group of soldiers is accused of a crime, it seems that many would stop the operation at hand, and simply "close shop". We need to remember that individual soldiers are people, and will be tried as individual people for their crimes. Just because there are a few bad cops, doesnt mean that you should shut down the police force.  You are correct, this isnt right, but until the US military can find a breed of perfect people, they just have to work as hard as they can with those of us who choose to enlist, and we all have our faults. Remember that even soldiers are innocent until PROVEN guilty, and I hope IF proven guilty for rape and murder, these men will never see another day of freedom. I fought too hard, saw too much pain, lost too many friends, was too professional, to want any rapist/murderer to stain my reputation.
1119828
War mentality never does make sense, but in this case, it is like you just lost two members of your immediate family, you would normally suffer a heavy grief, but if the same two people were just some mentioned in a newspaper obituary from a place your family did not live, you might feel a twinge of sympathy, but usually not much more.\n\nP.S. As was mentioned by some, the torture and death of the two soldiers, I ask you to consider this. bush made sure that any and all of the insurgents captured in this war were not considered prisoners of war (which would require humane treatment), so that the captured prisoners could be tortured during questioning, or shuttled around to holding facilities in countries who have solid records of using torture in interrogation. This President condones using anything necessary to find his enemy and that includes torture, suppression of Constitutional rights for Americans, and more. When you fight a dirty battle, expect that the other side will do the same.
1147463
Because America needs prisons to detain those who are to be tortured when interrogated.  If prisoners are held on American soil, they must be interrogated under the restrictions of the American laws, Constitution, and Geneva Convention.  If prisoners are held in other countries that are not restricted by little things like civil rights and civil liberties, then they can be tortured "legally."\n\nThat answer may sound harsh.  But, unfortunately, since WWII, The American Government has used other countries for this expressed purpose.
410809
Maybe it's because they murder anyone who tries to help them.  I don't know what Bush was thinking when he sent our people over there to liberate that bunch of bloodthirsty ingrates, but I do know that whatever the reason was, it wasn't worth the life of one American soldier much less the nearly 3,000 who have died so far.  We should have left the Iraqis to Saddam.  They deserve him.
729106
Good question. Who would charge them with war crimes? The UN? That's a joke. The truth is no one will ever charge them. And Nothing can ever be done about it. People in this country (US) want to treat our soldiers as if they were monsters for killing terrorists. Our troops deserve many thanks. Compared to Russian war strategies we are saints!
85277
Didn't the court martial of Lt. Calley for the My Lai massacre of women and children count for anything.  It prepared the present day commanders in Desert Storm to state to their troops "no My Lais--you hear?"  I say, we learned from history and will try to be as civilized in war as much as possible.  Troops in combat will always behave savagely in the heat of the moment, who are we to judge sitting in our comfortable living rooms, not knowing what they're go thru.  I won't judge them, but pray that we're not as inhumane as the enemy.
762111
I believe our troops are performing their mission well they are securing the streets while providing humanitarian aide.  I am not sure if I agree with the mission.  I think that we are in a position much like Vietnam where are troops are not being allowed to win the war. I understand that we don't want to be inhumane but this is a war we are fighting - let them do whatever is necessary to win so they can come home.
564819
Torture.  I don't want to be specific about it, or even think about it much, but man has come up with some terrible stuff.
916923
The big lie continues.  We still can't get anyone to agree if torture is unAmerican.  It typifies our times when people like this just get shouted down, protests are not known to have happened, and 600,000 dead Iraqis is not genocide.  In ancient China a story read "a poor man will hang for stealing a loaf of bread, but when you steal the country, you are declared "Statesman of the Year."  It is hard to choose, it has taken courage for them both to speak out.  Good question.
897438
Who's doing all the killing? It certainly isn't the soldiers of the U.S. It is the Islamic factions who can't get along with each other. I would pull the troops out and let them kill each other. We're not going to change their way of thinking with our troops in harms way. One American son is worth more than any legion of fanatic, uneducated, blind people.
205093
i dont believe in violence...torture is wrong!!
996948
Outcry? What, from our liberal media? No, to them torture is having women's underwear on your head or being made to stand naked and have your picture taken. That's the liberal idea of torture.\n\nThe media doesn't want to focus on this because it might strengthen our resolve to kick some terrorist butt. It might remind the general public what animals the terrorists are. The media won't even call them terrorists - they're "insurgents" or some other such namby-pamby term.\n\nThey're terrorists - ISLAMIC TERRORISTS! And they're animals. If we don't stop them over there, they will come here and show us what they really think of our freedom.
404046
like it or not, soldiers are tools, not unlike the M16s they carry. it is their job to be used. listen little-mind, how long are you gonna hide behind terrorist fear and big oil BS? Remember 9/11 jerk0ff? 3000 innocents dead? It is more than big oil in Iraq... Prisons were emptied, we stopped the filling of mass graves, which already contained 300,000 corpses.  The soldiers have established a military and intelligence base on the borders of two terrorist states – Syria and Iran. It has diverted the terrorist enemy to a battlefield thousands of miles AWAY from Washington and New York and other American cities which have consequently not suffered another terrorist attack since September 2001. people like you would love another attack here wouldn't you? oh, it would serve bush and those that voted for him their just deserts! screw you.\nsoldiers have ideals that guide them. they have beautiful fearlessness and strength.  "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." --Gen. George S Patton
1098516
Soldiers are the heroes of this country, they should never be demeaned like a peasant or peon in the fields doing something like that.  Our American boys are dying every day, for what?  A country with a government that has sold us out to the cheapest bidder.  When they come back, they should be treated like royalty.\n\nThanks dad. (Viet Nam vet)
968418
it's already being done.  at least 44 suspects have died while in the tender mercies of our army prisons.  and that's just the ones we know about.  who knows how many have been torured to death in those secret renditions to torture prone allied countries?
862871
Perhaps it was a form of torture.