Is it fair? [Archives:2006/923/Community]
By: Imran Khan
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I usually watch news on western based television networks but I feel undue favoritism of a particular side which is extremely disturbing. In recent few days there are proves of British and US forces doing things above the law. In first, a video tape shows the British soldiers catching and than beating young Iraqi boys and in other case few more images of Abu Gharib prison shocked the world again. One thing I always hear from western experts that very TINY numbers of persons (Soldiers) were involved in these kinds of attacks. Though it can be seen easily in video that may be 5 or 6 British soldiers were involved in beating boys, but still there were many other soldiers watching or passing through. No one even tried to say something or stop them. And in US soldiers' scandal in Abdu Gharib prison it is always stated again and again that only FEW persons were involved. Well it may be true that only few were involved but everyone knows that in modern Armies around the world there is an effective system to check each soldier's activities. Unfortunately the armies involved in these terrible actions considered as the best in the world. So how can they claim 'top positions' if they have no information about their soldiers' actions? Why it is always linked with TINY and FEW persons? Is it really possible for soldier's to commit something without being noticed?
But if they do know these events are taking place in Iraq than does it mean they purposively close their eyes on these kinds of events? It is also said that perhaps there could be more cases like these but because they are not caught on tapes so no one knows it. Can it be true?
But let's see the other angel. When something happen any where else in the world, like suicide bombing in Israel, I always hear they keep saying “poor civilians have been killed” and ” Palestinian Suicide Bombers are carryout these attacks”. But I never heard them to say that these are the actions of only FEW individuals and all Palestinian population has no part in it. If Israel attacks on Philistine than said that it has been done in self defense and militants were killed. Though many times we have seen innocent civilians were killed because these actions.
If they do bad actions only few are held responsible and if something wrongly done by others unfortunately whole nations are blamed. This should be changed. I agree and believe that majority of British or US soldiers are not bad, but this also applies to others. The whole nation must not be blamed for a crime committed by some dozens. It is not possible that the whole nation committed that. Every Palestinian is not a suicide bomber and one must choose the right words to describe the whole nation.
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