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But i think iraq, in a few years, will be in a remarkible position compared to before.
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What position? Being in three parts?
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Obviously problems are there but that is the act of terrortists who are commiting these acts
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Terrorists or patriots? Fighting against foreign occupation isn't usually terrorism - it is after all their country and we are the people who lied about the necessity of war, invaded, killed thousands of civilians, destroyed thousands of buildings, tortured detainees and sold off state owned enterprises without bothering to ask anyone living their first. Remember this 'terrorism' didn't exist before we arrived in Iraq, so it's a result of the war, not a reason for it.
I'd be a lot happier condemning the acts of the Iraqi insurgents if I had faith in our leadership and armed forces to behave themselves with moral courage. That faith hasn't just been eroded, it's been *shattered*, this latest case is merely a small, dark drop on a dripping lake of lies and violence.
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Suddenly theyu have their hands on a group of people that perhapos only hours or even minutes ago were raining mortars and god only knows what else down on them and their mates.
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They were stealing humanitarian supplies, not firing mortars, which isn't in the same league. They were looters, not fighters, unless being hit by a bag of flour is particularly lethal.
The court martial will decide whether what they did broke the laws they are bound to obey as members of the armed forces.