*Ø* Blogmanac | US military see Iraqi people as sub-human?

"Senior British commanders have condemned American military tactics in Iraq as heavy-handed and disproportionate. One senior officer said that America's aggressive methods were causing friction among allied commanders and that there was a growing sense of ‘unease and frustration' among the British high command.

"The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said part of the problem was that American troops viewed Iraqis as untermenschen -- the Nazi expression for ‘sub-humans.' Speaking from his base in southern Iraq, the officer said: ‘My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing. They don't see the Iraqi people the way we see them. They view them as untermenschen. They are not concerned about the Iraqi loss of life in the way the British are.'" (Sean Rayment, British commanders condemn US military tactics, the [British] Telegraph)

Source: TomDispatch