Wow
Posted By: DW on 2007-12-03
In Reply to: Detained Iraqi children - piglet
Loved this paragraph:
One lesson that we, in theory, learned from Vietnam was the importance of "soft power" in building confidence among the population and draining support for insurgents. To build soft power, the United States must convince the Muslim world that we have a fundamental respect for their beliefs, their practices, and their dignity. It also requires that we hold ourselves to the same ideals we espouse to others - tolerance, pluralism, and the free exercise of religion.
The thought of children/teenagers being held breaks my heart. Having dealt with troubled kids here, I certainly know that locking them up is not the answer to the problem. That only breeds more anger and distrust, playing right into the hands of the terrorists that are trying to recruit these kids. Unbelievable...I don't even know what else to say. If even a fraction of this is true...
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