Re: [Marxism] Beheaded Man Nick Berg's Father Lashes Out against Bush'sWar

[Cnyadp@xxxxxxx]

Yoshie and Steve,

Everybody knows why Iraqis are in prison...It is because they are 'enemy
combatants' as declared by the U.S. President. Their crimes are  self-evident.
They live in an enemy country; they worship a gutter religion where God does
not hear their prayers (according to a U.S. General); they have dark skin;
they were  reported by their neighbors to have been  a  member of the ruling
Bathist Party so they could make a living for their family.

These are serious crimes. In addition, like most people who live in that
enemy country,  they are not with  us, therefore they are against us (from the
well-known post 9-11 speech). According to the nature of these crimes they are
not entitled to protection of  'war prisoners'  afforded in the  Geneva
Convention. The military could not mete out the punishment required, so private
contractors (at a profit- and without open bidding) were called in. These
contractors  hired prison guards from U.S. prisons  who knew how to practice 
brutality
but were restricted by U.S. wardens ,  they could do what was required with
enemy combatants.

People who live in a 'democracy' are moral ?  The  false morality when it
hits the fan
is sickening.

joe dubovy

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