Shock

So if you haven't been watching the news lately, well you should be. First of all the Bush administration has let down the ball here big time. I don't have links yet, but go to any major news site and you should be able to find stuff on the Iraqi prisoner abuse. This destroys much of the legitimacy we have there because we are treating in some cases nearly as bad as Saddam did. How this could be allowed or get this far is a painful, demoralizing shock to me (and I hope everyone) regardless of their prior stance of the war. We should be held to higher moral standards then terrorists and the world was right to criticize out at us and the Bush adminstration. I am losing faith in the administration lately, they seem to have had no plans at all about what to do in post-Saddam Iraq, they had to know we'd win because even the Iraqis saw it coming (notice how their military didn't come out to play at all when we invaded, maybe it has something to do because the last time we played, it took us only 100 hours to win). I am slowly but surely leaning towards Kerry (more so if he picks a decent VP) but that is besides the point.
Not to be outdone however al-Queada and friends found themselves a hostage to execute. If you have seen the video you can compare, the photos of our troops abusing prisoners and the terrorists (better yet: murderers) I think you can see who has a more evil sinsister intent. Our people were dumb, to a point that they will pay for a long, long time and rightfully so. The others are pure evil. PURE EVIL. Should they and all their ilk cease to exist this instance the world will be a better place an infinite times over. Simply put you cannot compare the two things. If you have a murderer and an abuser which one would you want to be punished more?
Which reminds me: lots of countries were quick to condemn our troops for doing something dumb, evil and wrong. Where are they now? Or is executing people by cutting their heads off ok and abusing them not? What a world of hypocrites, all of us! (Yes that includes the US too).
I watched the video, don't ask me why I am not really sure why I watched it. Maybe for a simple reality check, I take a strong position in this war, I am not sure it is justified if I can't stomach the reality of it. Not sure if that makes sense tho. Anyhow I have seen it, and well if you want my knee-jerk reaction, this is mostly it. I am not sure I will sort my thoughts better to write another entry on this or not, if I do hopefully it'll make more sense (if this didn't). Anyhow, here I post.
And please prayer for our people out there.