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Originally Posted by _Opi_
Let's bring this back home. If I recall correctly, the American government especially our "leader of the free world", has taken lives, innocent lives, deprived people of their future for the sake of their "freedom". What should their punishment be?
I just saw a video of the first innocent victims of operation free iraq, or whatever the name to this operation was. No intended targets hit. All civilians.
Kind of puts things in perspective, don't it?
As an aside, I don't support death penalty. That stance is not going to change anytime soon.
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I don't disagree. When we first started talking about war, I was naive enough to believe Bush. However, as time as progressed, we've all seen him and this war for what it really is.
Iraq is a giant mess, there's no denying it. And I am ashamed for the behaviour of US soldiers. Not all, but some. But talking to Jeff reminded me of how I act on my job, the things we say and do which the general public would be so shocked about. And it's all coping mechanisms or destressing. (I'm an EMT, by the way.)
Is killing innocent civilians a coping mechanism or destressor? Hell no. But no 20 year old should see his buddies fall down beside him in combat either. None of this kids (let's face it, they are) should be there, especially those are who are dying for a country that has not granted them citizenship yet.
I do think serial killers and murderers and Saddam are of a different variety than war casualties. This by no way demeans innocent lives lost in the war. I certainly do not approve of the way some soldiers have acted. But I think that the losses in Iraq should be judged on a different level than individuals.