As for “a lot smarter than you” – you really ought to use your name. Using a term like this puts the reader off. This site is hardly a hate site. I don’t think you’ll find a single post that could be classified as “hatred.” I don’t “hate” the west, either. As for Blackwater thugs getting what they deserved, only God knows that, not me, and certainly not you. I abhor violence myself. I think you ought to put yourself in the place of an Iraqi. Think about Haditha.. the rape and murder of a child.. they murdered her entire family, and these things go on on a daily basis in Iraq. You ought to read “Collateral Damage.” It’s an excellent book. http://www.amazon.com/Collateral-Damage-Americas-Against-Civilians/dp/1568583737 It’s interviews with troops who were in Iraq – and know what they’re talking about.

You forget that US soldiers are also victims of this insane war. The suicide rate amongst Iraq Vets are astronomical. PTSD is almost a given. Many vets have become homeless – partly due to no psychological services available due to the VA labeling them as having “pre-existing” problems.

There are victims on both sides of this thing. Perhaps you should use your energy for helping the vets who come home, since you seem to be against helping our fellow human beings (who aren’t American). Maybe you could use all of this anger you have to do some good. Rather than attacking me, or any advocate, you could make a difference with that.

There is also one man – who’s name I won’t mention at the moment – who was working as a translator in Iraq. He’s a very nice man, too, yet he was accused of crimes he did not commit – yet there was no outcry.

Tony Lagouranis has a book out called “Fear Up Harsh” which details how detainees were (and are) being treated in Iraq. I have a good friend who’s brother is still missing from Fallujah 2004, and he was also a very good man.

A lot of people have no problem calling American soldiers “freedom fighters”, yet we invaded Iraq – for no reason – based on lies from the Bush administration. When Iraqis fight for their own freedom they are not called freedom fighters, they are called “insurgents”.

Not only did we illegally invade Iraq, we arrested and detained, and abused – those we were supposedly going to “save from saddam”. I’m honestly baffled as to how anyone can fail to see that obvious fact.

Sorry about your friend, he’s only one of many – however – there is no denying that these men – not just the ones listed here – abused Iraqi detainees. That is widely known. These men got caught. As far as I’m concerned the truly guilty ones were high up in government – and they got away scott-free. Perhaps instead of trying to gloss over the fact that these men abused detainees – their supporters should go after those who ordered them to do so – the Bush administration. There are groups out there trying to get them prosecuted on war crimes.