Re: This is Reality
> I think the pictures of rapes are fake - the men aren't wearing desert
> fatigues
I agree with that. The pictures of "soldiers" near the bottom of the page show them in green BDU's with black (not tan) foot gear...and the shoes aren't even boots..they're like dress shoes or something.
Plus, if you look at the "60 Minutes" graphic superimposed on some of the "screen captures" you can see what looks like a very shoddy removal of background white. The CBS eyes look real enough, but how hard is it to find a decent transparent CBS graphic on the internet? Not very. The pictures with the same male and female soldiers smiling and pointing look like the only real shots...not that those aren't shameful enough.
People should keep the following in mind: The U.S. armed forces are not bastions of morality. Even though enlisted soldiers take an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, it's really quite dismaying how incompletely this philosophy pervades the day to day mindsets of U.S. soliders. When I served (10 years ago), I found the whole gamut of crimes being committed by people sworn to uphold the laws of their land--everything from shoplifting, drug use, and adultery to assaults, murder, and espionage...and by no means were these illegal activities limited to enlisted personnel. Hell...one of the basic tenets of Army training was "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'"
"Those who wish to hurt you work within the law" is not an impossibility or even a rarity.
"I'm just passing through here...on my way to someplace civilised and...maybe, I'll even arrive"