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You spend your whole life doing exercises and hauling supplies, but you massacre one village and suddenly everyone hates you.
So you're going to disrespect and blame the individual that had nothing to do with it because of the actions of others?
I'm not saying that you should let the organization as a whole off the hook, but should we really be putting the individual in the cross hairs without knowing what their story is?
Are you going to put the medic that helped the injured innocent in front of the firing line because other people bombed the area?
The big issue I have with your statements, and those of the OP are that they are extremist. It's possible to have a nuanced conversation about it without resorting to the extremes. No wonder the pot keeps calling the kettle black
Of course they're "extremist." Putting the lives of Afghans and Iraqis on the same level as Americans is an extreme position. That's just the world we live in. But just because it's "extreme" relative to generally accepted discourse in the West doesn't make it any less correct.
Not every cop has shot an innocent person. But people still have no problem saying All Cops Are Bastards. Because even those who aren't directly involved support and cover for those who do. Likewise, not a single troop at Abu Ghraib blew the whistle on what was happening there. If you're fine with ACAB, you should also be fine with ATAB, and the only reason I can see why someone wouldn't is that they value the cops' victims more than those of the troops.
No I absolutely do have a problem with the 'All' part. Don't presume that everyone agrees with that rhetoric.
All do. If they join then it is all