One of my big fears before the war was the effect it would have on the hundreds of thousands of young Americans. This video shows that effect: complete and utter de-humanisation and a descent into barbarism.
This is happening now, and will keep happening for years. This is not Vietnam: "eighteen months and a wake-up." These people are being systematically brutalised psychologically, over three and four long tours of duty. When they eventually come home for good, how will they be able to re-integrate? What will happen to them?
And what will happen to America?
UPDATE: soon after I posted this video, it was removed from YouTube and the website www.theinvisibleamerican.com stopped responding.
I am very freaked out about this.
17 October 2006
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2 comments:
"This video has been removed due to use of terms violation"!!! I am sure the video has indeed been removed from YouTube, but i don't think the reason is exactly "use of terms violation"... Move in Italy as soon as you can, my friend! Genny
Well what did the video show?? Were our guys brutalizing someone at the checkpoint?
I saw a video - that's still up - of British soldiers chasing down and dragging onto their base four boys who had been part of a large crowd throwing rocks and demonstrating. The oldest looked 13 or 14 at most, the youngest perhaps 8 or 9. And the soldiers just beat the living hell out of them, literally stomping up and down on them. It was horrifying. The worse part, though, was the wickedly delighted voice of the soldier filming the whole thing. When the boys are dragged in they know what's coming and start moaning "Nooo...NOOOOO." At which point our jolly photographer snarls "Yes, ye little buggers! YES!!"
So much for "British Civilization."
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