http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/torture-american-culture%e2%80%94an-inquiry-and-reflection-panel-1/ an online magazine for spiritual seekers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/torture-american-culture%e2%80%94an-inquiry-and-reflection-panel-1/#comment-893 Gennie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:03:40 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=5629#comment-893 Nice work, although I am absolutely disgusted that Abu Ghraib is being compared to interrogation practices that are widely used. What happened at Abu Ghraib was 7 soldiers being stupid, nothing else. It has nothing to do with their training, policies on detainee operations, with the people in charge of them. Saying the Abu Ghraib incident is representative of military policy and/or training that applies to all of us is like saying all priests are pedophiles, which is certainly NOT true. Though I don't agree with some of the allowed interrogation techniques, I disagree with Mr. Danzig on the "dual life." I'm not an interrogator, but I am a Marine. I kill people. I am a peacekeeper. I am a liberator. I am a nation-builder. I train foreign militaries to kill people. The mission can change from one day to the next. We know how to change gears. I watch war movies. I like them. It doesn't affect my ability to do my peaceful tasks. Also, the report from the LT about the junior soldiers - a LT has less time in the military than non-commissioned officers. He's senior because he sat in a classroom for 4 years. Take what he says about junior soldiers with a grain of salt. Nice work, although I am absolutely disgusted that Abu Ghraib is being compared to interrogation practices that are widely used. What happened at Abu Ghraib was 7 soldiers being stupid, nothing else. It has nothing to do with their training, policies on detainee operations, with the people in charge of them. Saying the Abu Ghraib incident is representative of military policy and/or training that applies to all of us is like saying all priests are pedophiles, which is certainly NOT true. Though I don’t agree with some of the allowed interrogation techniques, I disagree with Mr. Danzig on the “dual life.” I’m not an interrogator, but I am a Marine. I kill people. I am a peacekeeper. I am a liberator. I am a nation-builder. I train foreign militaries to kill people. The mission can change from one day to the next. We know how to change gears. I watch war movies. I like them. It doesn’t affect my ability to do my peaceful tasks. Also, the report from the LT about the junior soldiers – a LT has less time in the military than non-commissioned officers. He’s senior because he sat in a classroom for 4 years. Take what he says about junior soldiers with a grain of salt.

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