Difference between revisions of "Prisoner abuse"
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The worst violators, of course, are dictatorships of the Communist and Fascist type. Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler is notorious for murdering 6,000,000 Jews (see [[The Holocaust]]) and around 5,000,000 others. <ref>It is less well known (or accepted) that [[Josef Stalin]] and [[Mao Tse Tung]] each murdered ten times as many.</ref> | The worst violators, of course, are dictatorships of the Communist and Fascist type. Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler is notorious for murdering 6,000,000 Jews (see [[The Holocaust]]) and around 5,000,000 others. <ref>It is less well known (or accepted) that [[Josef Stalin]] and [[Mao Tse Tung]] each murdered ten times as many.</ref> | ||
| − | Public opinion in America tends to focus on minor incidents of abuse perpetrated by our own military or CIA, while neglecting far worse and more widespread incidents abroad. | + | Public opinion in America tends to focus on minor incidents of abuse perpetrated by our own military or CIA, while neglecting far worse and more widespread incidents abroad. {{fact}} |
Revision as of 15:01, March 6, 2008
Prisoner abuse is the crime of mistreating a civil or military prisoner. North Vietnam routinely beat and tortured American captured American pilots.
The worst violators, of course, are dictatorships of the Communist and Fascist type. Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler is notorious for murdering 6,000,000 Jews (see The Holocaust) and around 5,000,000 others. [1]
Public opinion in America tends to focus on minor incidents of abuse perpetrated by our own military or CIA, while neglecting far worse and more widespread incidents abroad.[Citation Needed]
- ↑ It is less well known (or accepted) that Josef Stalin and Mao Tse Tung each murdered ten times as many.