@reasoning logic,
All right. I watched the video. (I usually eschew YouTube links.) I have a good deal of admiration for the young Marine who was willing to throw away his decorations and come clean about some of the things he did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chilling but fascinating testimony. This sort of thing, I'm sure, happens under combat conditions everywhere. It's sad and disgusting but it's a part of war. I didn't see or hear anything on that clip in which Jon Turner accuses the US government or the USMC or any other official agency of using this sort of deplorable action as a routine matter of government policy. Most of these depredations that we hear about are the result of deplorable judgement and illegal orders issued by local commanders, frequently not even senior commanders.
The whole Abu Graib prison debacle, for example, was not a matter of US Army policy, let alone policy initiated in Washington, but rather the over-zealous actions of a few people at the scene. The Army didn't try to cover it up. On the contrary, it launched an immediate investigation and at least one relatively high-ranking officer was relieved of duty. Unfortunately, in an effort to maintain a positive image, the Pentagon doesn't publicize the many courts-martial that are held to punish combatants who have overstepped the mandates of the Geneva Conventions, and, hence, overstepped the U.S.'s Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) mandates. The media, unfortunately, doesn't seem interested in pursuing these cases.
The whole point is that to accuse the United States, as a governmental entity, of being,somehow, a terrorist organization is ludicrous on the face of it. None of what Jon Turner describes in that video can be construed as general governmental policy.
Okay. I have responded to your request that I view and comment on that link. Now, what is your point?
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