Are We Too Decent?
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Speaking of popular perceptions that are just wacky: I just heard this morning some guys on a radio talk show, mentioning the treatment of those Al Qaeda prisoners at Camp X-Ray.
One of them said something like, "the world of the eyes are upon us." As if we were abusing these prisoners to no end. You have got be kidding.
I think we've been saints and I think a little perspective is in order here.
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Take a look at how we treat our prisoners or detainees or whatever else we call them.
And now take a look at how they treat their prisoners.
Does anyone remember Danny Pearl?
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I heard no talk about Danny getting three square meals a day, or Danny being allowed to get some exercise and walk outside, or Danny being allowed to pray whenever he wanted.
No, I only heard about Danny getting brutally butchered.
And what about Navy SEAL Neil Roberts, who was captured by a band of Al Qaeda fighters after falling out of a helicopter?
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What do you think they did to him?
I'll tell you what — they dragged him off and killed him. That's what they did.
So let's get real and be real.
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Camp X-Ray. Danny Pearl. Neil Roberts. Take a good, long look.
We don't torture our prisoners.
We don't beat our prisoners.
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We don't drag off and then kill our prisoners.
So, the next time someone tells you how awful we are, remind them of this: Our prisoners are still very much alive.
Their prisoners are still very much dead.
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The sin, my friends, isn't how awful we are, but how decent we've been.
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