Human Rights Abuses Inflicted Upon Those Demonized As “Less Than Human”

I was taught while in the U.S. Army JAG that soldiers who demonize the enemy by referring to them as less than human are more likely to commit human rights abuses. On this subject in Donald Rumsfeld's book he states that, "To scare the monkeys, sometimes you have to kill a few chickens." Explains a lot about what Mr. Rumsfeld thought about other people.

Loren M. Lambert © August 4, 2013