Dana
>Well for one, there is no chance of it ending like a Japan.
>It could very well end like Vietnam, and will most probably lead to a
>large scale war fought in the middle east.
>The actions in the Prisons, which I'm sure hasn't even scratched the
>surface, has only thrown fuel on the fire.
>Fuel that it would have been good to avoid.
>
>It has further lowered the United States in the eyes of the world with
>regards to this conflict.After being lied to about 'stockpiles' of WMD,
>this is a further nail in the coffin of worldwide opinion and foreign
>relations which the Bush Administration seems to have built for the
>united states.
>
>Internally as well it has made people question President Bush and the
>practices of the military (which is a good thing)
>
>One must also remember that all the people in those prisons are not
>terrorists.
>All of them are also not even guilty of crimes (100 people were released
>recently).
>Food for thought.
>
>-Gel
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Skinner
>
>There are so many issues this news brings up, I honestly don't know
>where to start.
>There is the problem of two (or more) wrongs don't make a right, only
>three lefts.
>This is the sense that our lack of preparation, which was recently
>exposed, has let open a door for this to happen.
>Would something like this have happened sooner or later anyways?
>Does anybody, even those responsible for the beheading, actually think
>this is going to encourage US forces to leave?
>Will it actually bring sympathy/understanding/less loathing to the
>perpetrators of the horrible acts in the Coalition run prisons?
>How long are we going to have to be their?
>And is it going to end more like a Japan or a Vietnam?
>Ok, I think I rambled around a bit. Like I said I don't even know where
>to start. It's going to take some reflection on my part to sort out my
>various feelings about this news, sadness, bitterness, resentment......
>
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