The Tortures are the culmination of Corporate philosophy

Remember Rumsfeld was going to do this with less people than ever imagined? He was going to "get it done more efficiently" than every before, with way less troops than Shinseki recommended.

They had consultations with Israeli defense experts and instillied a program for new, more brutal warriors for our Special Forces in Iraq. And, in the spirit of corporate outsourcing, they went outside the ranks to exploit those whith high degrees of hatred for the enemy to provide the efficiency in brutality they were looking for.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1102940,00.html

"When we turn to anyone for insights, it doesn't mean we blindly accept it," Col Peters said. "But I think what you're seeing is a new realism. The American tendency is to try to win all the hearts and minds. In Iraq, there are just some hearts and minds you can't win. Within the bounds of human rights, if you do make an example of certain villages it gets the attention of the others, and attacks have gone down in the area."


http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/28/stories/2004042802061600.htm
Wednesday, Apr 28, 2004
U.S. tactics in Iraq carry Israeli imprint

The U.S. publication Defence News has reported that in December 2003, senior Israeli military officers hosted a series of meetings involving a U.S. team headed by Gen. Kevin Byrnes, commander of the U.S. army's training and doctrine command.


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1207-06.htm

Published on Sunday, December 7, 2003 by the New York Times
Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns

In selective cases, American soldiers are demolishing buildings thought to be used by Iraqi attackers. They have begun imprisoning the relatives of suspected guerrillas, in hopes of pressing the insurgents to turn themselves in.


http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/national/07ARMY.html?ex=1063598400&en=a06bd0ff84eed3c9&ei=5038&partner=ASAHI

Warrior mentality throughout all the ranks ( Byrnes ) Sept. 7, 2003 ..."more lethal"

Gen. Kevin P. Byrnes, the Army's top training general.
But Army officials here said that emphasizing a warrior mentality throughout the ranks had been under way for 18 months as leaders in the Pentagon designed a force for the future that would be agile as well as lethal, and prepared to fight on a battlefield, like Iraq, without traditional front lines and rear areas


http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/06/16/200306168419.htm
Army recruiting civilians as potential Green Berets
Posted Monday, June 16, 2003 - 2:47 am

The move comes as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld prods the U.S. military to become more agile and lethal

Gen. Kevin Byrnes, in charge of overall Army doctrine and training, said officials realized they needed to attract more men into the field.

Byrnes said. "We realized ... the operating tempo, of our Special Forces was so high, we decided to look at recruiting opportunities outside the Army."

Clinton DeVoe, 23, of Wilmington, N.C., said he began looking at Special Forces after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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In other words we "looked for special hate outside the ranks of our soldiers who have been trained not to do these things."

What I believe they did was get people who were super hyped up to kill by the events of 911 - people who would commit brutalities and crimes of hate. They called this "getting in touch with your inner warrior".

It fits the pattern of right wingers corporate thinkers wanting to show how they can "do it better than the government" without those pesky restrictions.

This is why Rumsfeld was confident that he didn't need the troops that Shinseki suggested.

...all Americans have to take responsibility until we do something to change it and make it right. It's time for a change. No more Bush!