RE: Report Details Torture at Secret Baghdad Prison (April 27, 2010)
By Sam Dagher
To the Editor:
“America is the symbol of democracy, but then you have the abuses at Abu Ghraib,” Mr. Maliki said. “The American government took tough measures, and we are doing the same, so where is the problem and why this raucousness?” Although this entire article was very disturbing this is the part that really shocked me. The acts committed at this prison were atrocious and inhuman, how can we wonder why people from all over the world hate us when we know that they have stories like this to go off of. Not only did we show them that this sort of violence is ok but we gave them a rock solid excuse for committing violence in the future. If America is a democracy and we are a democracy then we can do these horrible things in the name of democracy. I feel like this will have a huge impact over the way that America is viewed by the world. How can we hope to create a peaceful world when all we contribute is violence that breeds hatred?
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