American Techniques of War and Iraqi Civilians

Americans did not know who was a terrorist and who was not, and there was really no way of telling in Iraq. The techniques of war were repulsive in the way that the U.S. soldiers were told that "if it looks like the enemy, shoot it". Techniques of war really did not exist because they were not techniques. Soldiers just killed anyone they thought may have been a terrorist and arrested anyone they thought may know something or someone. These soldiers did not need a reason for anything they did. Iraqi civilians were degraded by any means and sometimes arrested for nothing at all. American soldiers would burst into a house and at times would steal money and arrest the civilians. Many times there is no reason for any of the abuse the citizens take, but the American soldiers are on orders and that is their order.