Originally posted by: josphII
This is exactly what you get when you occupy a forigen country and the people want you out. I can't believe people see this and want to stay for more.
yeah its our fault and we should let them get away with this!
moron
Uhh, actually, I'm going to take a look at the liberal and conservative viewpoints of things. First of all, conservatives want to change culture in Iraq. Liberals say to let people be. No one can change a culture that has existed for thousands of years. No one. It's impossible because people are set in their ways. For example, lets look at the way Arabs treat women. For thousands of years, women have been oppressed in the Middle East because of cultural values. How can the USA expect to change that in a few short years? The answer: They can't.
For all those people that have said in this thread that this is a reason why we should have invaded the Middle East: We would not have these problems if we weren't there. They cannot behead us in our own country. Let them be! They are people as well, not animals as the media has portrayed them to be! If they want to decapitate people, then that is their problem, not ours.
Another reason why this explicitly occurred is because of pride. Americans have too much of it. They took it away from the Iraqis- first in defeating them in war, and then in abusing their prisoners. Pride and nationalism are the reasons why everything happened in the first place. If we let them have their pride, then they will do less of this in the future.
In Islam, the Qu'ran says not to kill people. Remember, these people aren't regualr Muslims. These are radicals, just like the KKK are radical Christians. Every Muslim I've ever met has been extremely nice, but there are always exceptions to the rule.
Sure, this was a horrible thing that was done. But instead of inflaming the people anymore, let us stop this useless fighting and worry about things that need to be happening in the US. This war is none of our business. Saddam Hussein had neither WMD or connections to 9/11. We ousted him. Now we need to get out.