Originally posted by silo13
You can't tell me this happened at exactly the right moment without orchestration.

I know, truth is stranger than fiction, but not this time.

I don't understand what you are trying to say.
Are you saying that the soldiers capture was orchestrated? If so, for what purpose?

Ya know whats funny...if they don't release the name and/or photo, then no one at all might have been captured. It could literally be a Layette Gulf type incident.

Just because I say my dog got run over, doesn't mean it happened....without proof.

US soldiers need to realize that surrender is no longer an option. We are not fighting people who abide by the Geneva Convention, they would be better off going down fighting the being tortured in some cave.

I hope this soldier is found alive and saved/safe as well as returned home to his loved ones.

I hope our new torture policies don't further endanger this fellow.

Now that we do it, this poor soldier might be subject to 'enhanced interrogation' tactics and other depredations that we have used...such as:


Waterboarding - over 180 times (KSM)

Sodomized - Yup, America does that.

Shipped off to Morocco for Penis slicing - CIA/MI-5 suspect (he was shipped to Guantanamo after the penis slicing)

Stress positions with hood on head and electrical wires over a puddle of water - see the pictures.

Naked Pyramid - well, there is just one guy so rule that out.

Forced to stand naked against a wall while angry german sheppard growls and snarls at your exposed genitals - Lets hope they have good hold on that leash.

Sleep Deprivation and liquid diet with no toilet paper (not necessarily at the same time) - God bless America.

*I guess this poor soldier could be subjected to any of this stuff and even though he is just a grunt and may never have even participated in any sort of crime - his captors could could say:

"We were just copying you, America. You do it too. And don't worry we had medical personnel on stand-by in case he started to die, loss consciousness, or become injured... Just like you."

What a messed up situation we have. I am hoping that his Captors take the moral High Ground that we abandoned long ago.

I hope we get him back soon and alive. I hope that our most cruel policies are not used to justify the abuse of this individual.



[edit on 2-7-2009 by Exuberant1]

Guess we'll be seeing another beheading video before long.



For all those who complain about these so called 'terrorists' then i ask you a question, how would you react if your country was suddenly invaded?

I'm not supporting either action, i think war is wrong... but i can see from an Afghan point of view that a captured American solider would be like a golden egg.

I really hope this soldier comes out alive but i'm afraid it won't happen like that

To the terrorist apologists here; how many people captured by Americans have been released alive vs. the ones captured by 'insurgents' or the Taliban?

I'm sorry but I just cannot fathom people making excuses for a bunch of 12th century barbarians that seem to only know murder and torture. I don't know about anyone else here but seeing that old video of the Taliban taking those women out to the soccer field and putting an AK47 round through their skull upsets me.