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Originally Posted by fatboy
Even if they release the video, the response will be, "It's not the real video" or "They (the evil US military machine) must have doctored the film". It is a no win situation. We live in a time when terrorists are believed before American soldiers, humiliating photos of prisoners get more air time than the beheading of an American citizen, and the horrible loss of life is bemoaned - unless it's an American soldier.
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I think that people hold the untruths of the Bush administration against anyone connected with the government. We have been deceived so many times since Bush took office that we have a knee-jerk reflex not to believe anything the government tells us.
I think the Iraqi abuse gets more air time because the beheading is what most people consider "business as usual" for the evil iraqis. Conversely, abuse from a county that paints itself as a caring nation is completely "out of character."
The soldiers would get more sympathy can news coverage IF that news coverage were allowed. We just don't normally hear about the deaths and we normally don't see the injured and dead soldiers so it is very easy not to think about it.
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