Before being introduced to the pictures and interviews of Abu Ghraib, I truly had no idea of what to expect. On the first day of viewing the pictures of the event, I was completely caught off guard. There were soldiers taking pictures of Iraqi individuals and/or dead corpses. Personally, it looked like some type of setup, but in reality I found it quite disturbing that the American soldiers were responsible for torturing these people for several reasons. First of all, using the tactics they did to find responses to certain circumstances were irrelevant, such as putting hot sauce stained bags over their heads, placing leashes around their necks, etc. Where is the morality in this instance?
Being commanded to do your duty does not mean that what you have to do is always right. For the American soldiers, there is no excuses to the harm and humiliation they have caused to the Iraqi people. Furthermore, learning about this event has piqued my interest to explore more about the topic. Here is one of the links I checked out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9yxdKolSkg&feature=related
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