Creating Terrorists

I'm sure some on the right (and even in the middle) will claim this is another blame America first rant, but in my mind this is proof that our war on Iraq, war on terror, and all the torture and barbarism associated with it is creating terrorists not fighting them. The headline reads U.S. may have once detained Jordan bomber. I've already seen some saying this was a missed opportunity. Maybe some will claim this is the reason we should give our "soldiers" in the war on terror (that includes a lot of civilians) more free reign to do what they will with detainees. This proves, they might argue, that we shouldn't be listening to the whiny, Geneva Convention, anti-war, human rights weirdos. We let one slip through the cracks after all.

I see this differently. The most obvious reaction for me is that this is an example of how American policies in Iraq are doing a great deal of damage to the region; that we are pushing people from resentment to suicidal anger; and that the only thing we are accomplishing is greater destabilization, greater violence, and greater suffering. There is mounting evidence that the soldiers and officials who are in charge of handling terror suspects and enemy combatants are committing acts designed to inflict pain, humiliation and sometimes even death. It is no surprise that someone who spent time as a victim of this madness would committ an equally horrific act.

U.S. out now! Why? Because we're the bad guys now.