@Pinochet73,
Pinochet73;54003 wrote:Poor things. You're right -- if we had only been more kind to the Nazis, they wouldn't have done the many nasty deeds they did, right? :no:
Apples and oranges. Two different reasons. Well, one if you factor it down to a deity.
See, I never said these guys were in the right. They're nuckin' futs. However, the things we are doing now in no way helps the situation from any angle. In fact, it has the opposite effect, and in a much more extreme fashion. Those prisoner photos and the waterboarding and other such techniques only serves to aid the enemy... what do you think people are gonna say when they see these photos of prisoners being humiliated and hear how their religious texts (one they follow VERY fiercely) has been desecrated? Waitaminit... this isn't the wonderful liberating force of the West, it's more of the same! Torture, humiliation, no care for human life. They see this, and they act the way they do... which makes you guys justify what we're doing to piss them off!
Not the way to win hearts and minds.
If you want to be seen in a better light, things like that need to stop. We're supposed to be the nation that the rest of the world looks up to and today they see a country that is stooping down real low in recent years. *THEY* might act like that, barbaric and inhuman... but *WE* are above that, regardless of the situation. That's supposed to be one of the things that makes this country great.
Yeah, maybe if they did have a few liberals, things might be different. But for now, the place is overrun with conservatives and wow look at it!