Reflection Paper
Reflection #7
Ghost of Abu Ghraib Filmmaker Rory Kennedy takes us thru a firsthand accord of Abu-Ghraib, a prison where Saddam Hussein housed his prisoners but during the Iraqi war U.S soldiers took hold of this prison using it as their own prison for suspected terrorist and people they believed to be aiding terrorist. However what went on behind the walls of this prison was nothing less than admiral behavior, on the part of the soldiers. Prisoners were abused, humiliated and treated as if their lives had no value. Soldiers took pictures of the acts smiling and laughing near dead bodies and prisoners being subject to torture and degrading things. These photos leaked out and a scandal erupted, leaving the military personnel to take the blame alone and the government official’s branding them as “A few bad apples”. Rory’s “Ghost of Abu Ghraib” reveals the details of abuse towards the prisoners from the military personnel and also firsthand testimonies from prisoners themselves; also we see that the personnel were given order and the responsibility for what went on goes further up than just the military staff.
If in fact the scandal at Abu Ghraib was the result of “A few bad apples” and that the whole military was not like this, why was it that the military ordered anyone who fits the description taken in for interrogation, also could the terrorist who attacked the U.S be considered a few bad apples and we now can be considered terrorists to the Iraqi people because of what our military did to many of their innocent people. Before the photos came out the Pentagon and U.S military used euphemistic language to convince the American people that the people we are going after needed to be treated “Not as prisoners of war but unlawful combatants and “TECHNICALLY” unlawful combatants are not protected under the Geneva convention” which is a law which protects the American soldiers under this law if a soldier would be captured the parties will treat captures humanly
Ghost of Abu Ghraib Filmmaker Rory Kennedy takes us thru a firsthand accord of Abu-Ghraib, a prison where Saddam Hussein housed his prisoners but during the Iraqi war U.S soldiers took hold of this prison using it as their own prison for suspected terrorist and people they believed to be aiding terrorist. However what went on behind the walls of this prison was nothing less than admiral behavior, on the part of the soldiers. Prisoners were abused, humiliated and treated as if their lives had no value. Soldiers took pictures of the acts smiling and laughing near dead bodies and prisoners being subject to torture and degrading things. These photos leaked out and a scandal erupted, leaving the military personnel to take the blame alone and the government official’s branding them as “A few bad apples”. Rory’s “Ghost of Abu Ghraib” reveals the details of abuse towards the prisoners from the military personnel and also firsthand testimonies from prisoners themselves; also we see that the personnel were given order and the responsibility for what went on goes further up than just the military staff.
If in fact the scandal at Abu Ghraib was the result of “A few bad apples” and that the whole military was not like this, why was it that the military ordered anyone who fits the description taken in for interrogation, also could the terrorist who attacked the U.S be considered a few bad apples and we now can be considered terrorists to the Iraqi people because of what our military did to many of their innocent people. Before the photos came out the Pentagon and U.S military used euphemistic language to convince the American people that the people we are going after needed to be treated “Not as prisoners of war but unlawful combatants and “TECHNICALLY” unlawful combatants are not protected under the Geneva convention” which is a law which protects the American soldiers under this law if a soldier would be captured the parties will treat captures humanly