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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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26 Feb 2005 03:46:14 AM |
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OT: Joanna Bourke |
From Surrey to Basra, abuse is a fact of British army life
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1425816,00.html
Officers who blame 'a few bad apples' ignore a culture of brutalisation
Joanna Bourke
Saturday February 26, 2005
The Guardian
Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket must rank as one of the
grimmest portrayals of the Vietnam war. A leading character, dubbed
"Joker", is asked why he volunteered; he replies: "[I] wanted to meet
interesting, stimulating people from an ancient land ... and kill
them." Confronted with the harrowing photographic evidence of abuse by
British soldiers in Iraq, it is tempting to add the phrase "humiliate,
sexually abuse, and torture" to this admission. We seem to have moved a
long way from the promise of restoring democracy to the Iraqi people.
Joanna Bourke
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