WikiLeaks

I'm sorry I guess I'm just not a whore to "wiki" information. I've never visited WikiLeaks, so I'm only going off what the 'founder' says but I really don't have any concern about "American forces" not watching over the way Iraqi forces handle themselves. Iraq is not an American outpost, it is not a commonwealth of the United States and it really has no relevance in my life now unless you're discussing protecting the United States or an American Soldier, Airman, Marine or Sailor.

I love this obsession the US has with "information" and trying to find dirt on someone or something. But it is seriously self-loathing to look for dirt against your own people when you're in a conflict. In my opinion. Should there be a degree of oversight to make sure that at a time of conflict "your" forces aren't abusive in their conduct? Sure however this is not a green light to scrutinize any and everything that is done. It is a battle, conflict, war in other words..violence. To assume that somehow this is a pretty and controlled event with a concrete outcome is the whim of a lunatic. This is why we all should make every attempt to avoid violence to resolve issues. Because it is the ultimate Pandora's Box. Once opened, you have no idea what happens next.

I don't want to read that forces representing my country are killing mass civilians however I'm not as enraged if I find out that civilians were killed while in battle with a target and in protection of my countries forces. If it was 1944 and Hitler was held up in a school house with 100 children, 25 teachers and 10 Nazi SS forces, would you not want the building leveled in order to end World War II? It is a horrible question to ask, but the answer in my eyes is clear.

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