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      OPINION FEATURE: American torture past and present

      Posted by okami

      Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water. The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom. This was the language that, when coupled with expanding military and commercial ambitions, had helped launch two very different wars. The

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    okami

    Member since Oct 2008

    former US Marine, retired police; now alternately protected and terrorized by gangs of cats

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