Sigh.

I can’t decide if I would prefer this confession video to be real or faked.
OK, that’s not quite true.
Obviously, I would prefer that this man is lying about US troops raping prisoners, including one 15 year old girl who was ‘pimped out’ by her guard until she killed herself. I would prefer that he is making this up in an attempt to sound cool – although who on earth thinks this kind of thing is “cool?” That’s almost as bad as actually doing it.
But on the other hand, I am perfectly willing to believe that there are evil things being done by men in US troop uniforms just as I am perfectly willing to believe that there are good things being done by men in US troop uniforms. The armed services isn’t very good at rooting out the psychos because, face it, they want people who will kill when told to. There are lots of good men and women in uniform and no doubt plenty of mediocre ones, and I’m starting to think there’s a very high percentage of really horrible ones. Yes, it sucks to be over there. But that is not an excuse for what is being done to the Iraqis. I don’t care whether they are guilty or innocent prisoners; nobody should be raped like that. The US is supposed to be better than this. We are supposed to be the good guys.
Good guys don’t rape. Good guys don’t go for payback on an entire race for what men from another country entirely did. Good guys don’t do this.
Good guys don’t do this.
*deep breaths*
I hate this news. But I am glad it’s out, if it’s true. I hope they investigate and that at least one newspaper in our country doesn’t let it get swept under the rug. There are too many “bad apples” being played off as rarities. We need to clean house in the military. I know it’s hard when recruiting is down and we need feet on the ground, but this sort of thing only makes the job in Iraq harder.
I don’t really have anything coherent to say about this, do I? I’m just too sad and angry.