Quarta, 5 de Maio, 2004

  Essa é a última sobre esse assunto, prometo

Essa piada que eu postei sobre o abuso dos presos iraquianos e os mortos de Fallujah pode ter dado a falsa impressão de que eu justifico um ato pelo outro.

Não, mil vezes não. Só postei porque realmente achei a charge engraçada.

Apesar de continuar acreditando que existe uma exploração anti-americana nisso tudo, acho esse mal trato dos prisioneiros iraquianos um absurdo. Lendo a lista (via Andrew Sullivan) do que foi feito, o sangue fica quente:

6. (S) I find that the intentional abuse of detainees by military police personnel included the following acts:
a. (S) Punching, slapping, and kicking detainees; jumping on their naked feet;
b. (S) Videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees;
c. (S) Forcibly arranging detainees in various sexually explicit positions for photographing;
d. (S) Forcing detainees to remove their clothing and keeping them naked for several days at a time;
e. (S) Forcing naked male detainees to wear women’s underwear;
f. (S) Forcing groups of male detainees to masturbate themselves while being photographed and videotaped;
g. (S) Arranging naked male detainees in a pile and then jumping on them;
h. (S) Positioning a naked detainee on a MRE Box, with a sandbag on his head, and attaching wires to his fingers, toes, and penis to simulate electric torture;
i. (S) Writing “I am a Rapest” (sic) on the leg of a detainee alleged to have forcibly raped a 15-year old fellow detainee, and then photographing him naked;
j. (S) Placing a dog chain or strap around a naked detainee’s neck and having a female Soldier pose for a picture;
k. (S) A male MP guard having sex with a female detainee;
l. (S) Using military working dogs (without muzzles) to intimidate and frighten detainees, and in at least one case biting and severely injuring a detainee;
m. (S) Taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees.

Os culpados tem que ser punidos. De verdade.