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Originally Posted by Undertoad
But yeah, maybe we're the fuckin' bad guys. Never mind that the Convention really has to be used by both sides in order to be effective.
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After the Abu Ghraib abuses news story broke, there was an increase in the number of hostages taken by the insurgents in Iraq. Some of them made direct reference to the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
Being the good guys and staying on the moral high road is not just to improve our image and make us feel good about ourselves. It saves lives too.