barely survived dinner

Well not quite that dramatic...somehow while we were eating dinner the conversation turned towards the prisoners in Iraq that were tortured by American soliders. My mom sides with the soldiers, making excuses for their behavior, while I'm on the side that there is no excuse to humiliate another human being. What our soldiers did was no better than what Sadam did to his own people. Sure, our soliders did not permantantly mutilate those prisoners but forcing them into acts which are humiliating is not exactly mentally healthy either. How is America supposed to say we are better when we don't act any better? Or that we are helping the people of Iraq when they see pictures of their male soldiers being forced to do embarrassing shit in front of cameras?

sure I can understand it was a few soliders who trangressed, but if we don't punish those soliders then the rest may think it's okay to behave in that manner. when it's not okay to torture prisoners of war, or any prisoners for that matter. Not if we want to show the world that the United States really is morally superior.

I'm just so upset with my mom for saying stuff like the soliders were really stressed out and were probably at a breaking point. They didn't look too stressed out to me, they looked like they were having fun at the expense of another living being. Maybe I am sheltered and expect too much from my fellow citizens. I'm upset at these soldiers for making the rest of the US Armed forces look bad to the rest of the world.