I'm Confused: It's Okay to Kill Afghanis, But Not Okay to Urinate on the Bodies?

[Cleita]

8. Our culture has always said that killing in self-defense is okay.

You may argue whether those Afghanis were killed in self-defense or not, but assuming that those marines believed that was what they were doing, then the act of desecrating their bodies was worse than killing them in the minds of those who believe that the war in Afghanistan is a just one. I think the author of that article needs to step back a little farther and argue if we really should have invaded Afghanistan at all. It seems that we could have gotten Osama bin Laden with special OPs, or we could have taken Mullah Omar's offer to hand him over to another muslim country for trial. I believe that they had agreed that Turkey, one of our allies, would have been a suitable country.

It seems that going after Al Queda and Osama bin Laden did not warrant an invasion of a third world country. It could have been done differently, but then we had white collar criminals in charge of our government then, who committed treason right under our noses, and who are still running free. They are presently running the Republican Party and are very active in influencing the out come, not only of the Obamas's Presidency, but of the coming Presidential and Congressional elections. Personally, I would have no problem pissing on their graves. They are the reason for this outcome and many others regarding these unjustified current wars.

I weep for my country. I really do.