"I Did Not Join the British Army to Conduct American Foreign Policy"

[Judi Lynn]

March 27, 2006

The Honorable Stand of Ben Griffin

"I Did Not Join the British Army to Conduct American Foreign Policy"

By ROBERT BILLYARD

If there is any hope of saving Afghanistan booting out the Americans is an essential first step

"I did not join the British Army to conduct American foreign policy," said British soldier Ben Griffin, a member of the SAS-Britain's elite commando force. Griffin has resigned from the army in disgust after witnessing "dozens of illegal acts" by American troops, claiming they viewed all Iraqi' s as "untermenschen"-the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human. Griffin is not alone in making this accusation. It has been made by others. He is not the first nor will he be last combatant to register his disdain for the moral depravity surrounding wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As reported in The Telegraph UK:

Mr. Griffin, 28, who spent two years with the SAS, said the American military's "gung-ho and trigger happy mentality" and tactics had completely undermined any chance of winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi population. He added that many innocent civilians were arrested in night-time raids and interrogated by American soldiers, imprisoned in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, or handed over to the Iraqi authorities and "most probably" tortured.

He also accused the British prime minister and government of repeatedly lying about the conduct of the war.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/billyard03272006.html

[Demeter]

1. That's Okay, The Army Feels That Way About Most Americans, Too

They learned this young, and got reinforcement and validation from the GOP and the Red States.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. *sniff* *sniff* Are those war crime accusations I smell?

How many British and other soldiers will it take to build a solid case and get indictments against Fearless Leader and his handlers?

[AX10]

3. Mr. Griffon was sworn to protect Great Britain, not American....

oil interests.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Thank you Mr. Griffin for telling it like it is nm