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Originally posted by nononono
Remember all that talk about winning hearts and minds? Same goes here. If our troops are commonly referred to as "torturers," soon enough we all start thinking it's probably at least somewhat true. And if we believe that of ourselves, and consequently don't trust our military, that certainly helps the enemy.
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So we should all keep our mouths shut about abu Ghraib and Gitmo?
Maybe, somewhere along the line, if we stand up for our values and put more effort into reconstruction and Civ-Ops, we'll send a stronger positive message. It is the Bush Administration that chooses to violate our values in Gitmo, thumb their nose at the world, and then complain that we have a bad image.
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