U.S. Soldiers Lead Iraqi Children in Chant "F**k Iraq"

[The Bastard1]

http://www.teambio.org/2006/12/us-soldiers-lead-iraqi-children-in-chant-fuck-iraq/

Another fine example of us trying to win hearts and minds. How many of those kids do you think will be planting IEDs next year? Shit, how many of those kids do you think are planting IEDs right now?

[bullimiami]

1. are these some of the troops were supposed to be supporting?

pretty pitiful display. pretty poor discipline.

[murdoch]

3. They are under 30, the fault is with the commander-in-chief

In the video we can see these guys are in their 20s, or maybe even late teens. It is wrong to humiliate these children, but the nature of an imperial occupation is to humiliate the occupied. The previous generation (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their wealthy supporters) are who put them here. One of the soldiers on the end of the video says "this is so wrong". That could bee a comment on the entire war and occupation - something the working class enlisted men know and that the commander-in-chief and the rich people pulling his strings don't even know. They are the ones who have put the young enlisted men in positions where they are dehumanizing not only Iraqis and themselves. Bring the troops home now.

[Phredicles]

2. I understand that they're stuck in a horrible position,

but couldn't they find a better time and place to express their anger? Say, during the Rummy/Hannity farewell tour extravaganza?