Two Bears is a great guy, and a good friend of mine, but he's a bit addled when it comes to politics...in my opinion. :-) This is the result of having grown up as a Republican, in all probability. While being tremendously liberal (meaning flexible and open-minded) about most subjects, he rails against "bleeding heart liberals" when it comes to politics. This is ironical.

People's views about reality generally get set very early in life, so if one grows up in a circumstance where "conservatives" are seen as good guys and "liberals" are seen as bad guys...well, one just keeps on seeing it that way.

So, you can expect to continue disagreeing with Two Bears on politics.

The News Media are now reporting that 70 to 90 % of the Iraqi prisoners were wrongfully arrested, in that they never posed a threat to coalition forces in the first place, nor had they made any attack on coalition forces.

The coalition doesn't have enough soldiers on the ground to properly police Iraq, its soldiers are inadequately trained and lack experience, and they have been pre-conditioned by several years of propaganda to hate Muslims. The fact that they then arrest the wrong people, imprison the wrong people, and commit atrocities on those prisoners is really almost inevitable. The particular degree and nature of their acts, however, is inexcusable...just as it was in Vietnam. They should never have invaded Iraq in the first place. They are a hostile occupying force on land that does not belong to them, and can certainly expect further resistance...until they leave.

- LH