how rude american soldiers are!
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eeobugga — 19 years ago(November 30, 2006 07:22 AM)
Who was it who said, "in time of peace, soldiers and dogs, keep off the grass"?
Rude my God (or is it Allah not to offend anyone's sensibilities)!!! I'm sorry, but they have a job to do and don't have time to be courteous to their enemies and in Iraq no one wears a Nazi or Japanese uniform to distinguish them from innocent civilians -
bb_bryson — 12 years ago(February 04, 2014 06:37 PM)
There is so much wrong with your statement. "the ones fighting in the name of good old 'Allah' hide their identity totally. Most other forces go into battle bare faced and proud."
Yeah, it is called insurgencywhat you've never heard of La Resistance in France during WW2, or the Partisans for that matteror how about the plain coats during the American independence war? The whole notion of two lines of soldiers both waving their flags in uniforms and what not is a very old notion and best suited when both sides are of equal strength. When one side is vastly more superior, you need to be a little more crafty or be killed in 2 seconds.
Let me remind you, the Iraqis who killed Americans in the Iraq war were not terrorists, nor were the Vietkong in the Vietnam war. America INVADED their country and in their mind they were trying to stop an aggressive outside force. How would you feel if another country invaded America? Would you say "I don't mind" or would you fight against them? And let's say the American army were wiped out and it is only a handful of resistance fighters, would you wear a uniform to be killed or would you try to inflict the maximum damage to stop the enemy?
America is NOT the underdog in any of these situations, it is the bully - who has used its power over the past 60 years to push around countries all over the map. South America, "America's backyard", had been pushed around by CIA forces for years to install American business-friendly governments, same with the Shah in Iran, and more. Perhaps you should think a little more deeply about these issues before you say something as ridiculous as what you just wrote.
Oh and by the way this thread is about American soldiers raping women - you know just in case you forgot in your haze of jingoism. And about the rape issue, most American soldiers don't rape anybody, but enough do that it is getting noticed. What is worse about these rapes is that the victims rarely get justice - especially if they are a local 'ferners'. Where I live, 3 American servicemen raped a 12 year old girl a few years back, and rape continues until today with little, if any, justice for the women whose lives they've destroyed. -
Deathkneeler — 16 years ago(September 24, 2009 01:47 PM)
Well.. Abt If you ever get back on here..
When it's legal in a country they don't have a problem with. The bad thing is this happens all the time in Iraq and most of the time if a woman is married it is considered adultry.. Why don't you explain what happens to the woman to the posters if this is found out?
OIF 3 and OIF 5
If you want to be a smart ass, have some experience to back it up. -
Simon-140 — 11 years ago(September 06, 2014 07:50 AM)
Oddly, the status and education of women was
much
higher under Saddam Hussein's secular Baathist power.
There
may
have been good reasons for invading Iraq, but WMDs, rape, education and health care were not among them: rape has soared since the US invasion; the Iraqi educational system, which produced a 95% literacy rate, has collapsed, and the formerly free, reasonably good health care system has been ruined by the US.
Saddam Hussein was a monster, but at least his monstrous reign harmed comparatively few. The slightly less nauseating US transitional government (have you seen "Collateral Murder"?) destroyed Iraq's infrastructure and then wasted Iraq's savings in a criminal way.
I have trouble deciding which side was worse.
In the long term, I suspect the US legacy will be more damaging to Arabs and Westerners than the legacy of Saddam Hussein. The US invasion will come back to haunt them - just like the CIA's backing and arming of Osama bin Laden, when he was an anti-Soviet "freedom fighter" (to use Ronald Reagan's words).