does anyone care about the image the troops in Iraq are sending to the rest of the world about Americans?

Question

the prison incident, then again the second prison scandle, then the rapes yes rapes and torture and now this rape and murder of a 14yr old there are many incidents so don't act like its only one or two incidents

i joined the US Marines fresh out of highschool and with in a year the first Gulf war was underway. i never acted that way and no one around me. Fact of the matter is our troops don't recieve the same training we recieved not enough integrity

Answer 1

The images they are sending out now were already present before the war - its just now its amplified and the setting is different. Check out what troops do to regular people in South Korea and why they want us out. Worse part is we aren't even at war in South Korea and our troops still do sick acts.

Answer 2

I am not saying what they did was right ..but stop and think, you have kids just out of high school over there, they have a weapon put in their hands and are told to shoot the enemy...Can you imagine what it must be like and what all of our trrops endure in one day let alone a year or two..Yes some have done some awful things but isn't the fact that they are over there seeing people blown up etc. many times a day reason enough..Some don't know what to do or how to deal with it.
You talk real big for someone who is in the USA..you go over there and see how the war affects your mind...then you come back on here and tell us about it

Answer 3

Ah right--yes --over a hundred thousand troops and all we see is the few bad apples which every society has.
The media with its own agenda reports this without balancing it with all that is good about our men.

The real image our troops are sending is one of freedom, commitment, bravery, honor, dedication, goodness, and a willingness to DIE for others.

No one who has not served in a war can possibly understand the enormous amount of stress our soldiers are under that causes some to snap and others to rise above it to shine!

There are way more that SHINE!

Answer 4

hi,
i am a proud wife of a us soldier....and i just want to say that not all these guys are bad...you only hear and see the bad things... why cant anyone ever mention the good the soldiers are doing over there?i am sick and tired of people bashing our soldiers ! sure if there wrong then there wrong..by all means punish them but lets not forget about the good guys that are over there leting you sit and blab on your computer while he/she is away from there children perhaps missing there childs birth, the first step, first tooth and so on...i think you should take a little more time to give credit to these other GOOD soldiers who very well deserve it!!! and maybe just maybe you could think of the soldires children back here at home who hear and see things being said about there parents!!!!!!!!!
May GOD bless you all..........

Answer 5

Oppression

Answer 6

Are you talking about the thousands and thousands, or just the few guys who were idiots? Why dont you join the military, make a difference there big guy.

Answer 7

they put themselves and USA in a humiliating position after the torment pictures
also everybody including USA citizens hate what they did to the people in there because there's no way to believe that USA is rightful to send army to Iraq

Answer 8

I dont. America good and the rest of the world isn't so good. What good is image in a world filled with corruption?

Answer 9

what, that except for a few, they are trying to be humanitarian, and feeding hungry children, and treating the sick and injured?