Lies Upon Lies Upon Lies..US military in Crisis

[Postman]

http://www.counterpunch.org/cloughley06132004.html

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OK ; so the soldiers were scared. But pointing their loaded weapons at a person who obviously presented no threat to them is indicative of a breakdown in discipline. There is no need whatever to point a loaded weapon at an unarmed reporter, even if he is asking to speak with your commanding officer. The worrying thing is that this attitude is condoned by those in higher authority. Soldiers don't publicly menace unarmed civilians unless they are certain they can do that without fear of reprimand.

The main reason the US of Bush has failed in Iraq and Afghanistan is that the aggressive attitude of its troops has totally alienated even those who would have been its friends. The smash, crash, bash routine of ill-disciplined, thieving, gung-ho troops when searching houses has created countless resistance fighters whose families have been beaten and humiliated. The lies told at all levels by representatives of the Pentagon have emphasized the conviction round the world that Bush Washington cannot be trusted.

The US Military is in crisis, from top to bottom. But the responsibility lies entirely at the top. Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Feith must go. Only then can the cleansing begin.

[Hoping4Change]

1. When is Kurtz going to surface? Or has he?

Doesn't this horrible nightmare seems like Apocalypse Now?

[shraby]

2. What is being described in this

article goes beyond the pale. There is no excuse for these types of behavior by our military. We are told "support our troops" but if the troops are behaving like armed animals what is there to support? I'm sure there are a lot of honorable men over there but the ones who aren't are making things worse for the ones who are. The Pentagon needs to clean up its act bigtime.