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Amen, Pie.
What amazes me recently is outrage over the beheadings. I AM NOT ADVOCATING SUCH A THING. However, turn the situation around a little and look at it from a different perspective. Think of another country deciding to "liberate" the US from the "oppression" of the Bushco "regime". Tanks, planes, helicopters, and thousands of soldiers invade the land, searching for weapons of mass destruction. This time, though, WMD are certainly going to be found here because hey, we actually HAVE them.
Think about a fireworks display for the Fourth of July. Silly tradition, or at least it would be, if we were in the midst of of an enemy occupation. I'd say that's comparable to the wedding party US troops blew up due to the "silly tradition" of shooting guns into the air near the tent set up for the reception. Men, women and children were killed - by US forces.
Think about the prisoners US soldiers tortured, sexually assaulted and killed. I bet we (me included) would be shooting or beheading any invaders we could find if they came inside US borders to lend us this kind of "liberation". Think also of the thousands of prisoners we are currently holding in Guantanamo Bay, without charge or legal counsel.
I don't advocate killing contractors - after all, they're not fighting and not likely to be armed - certainly not the fairest of game. But perhaps in the midst of things they're still seen as a part of the whole, and profiting from the takeover of Iraqui soil. I don't advocate killing anyone, but if I felt as threatened as the Iraqis must (and yeah, I'm sure they're glad Saddam is out of power, but that doesn't negate the heinous crimes the "good guys" have committed there) I'd do whatever I could to get them the hell out of my country too. YMMV.
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