Australian soldiers' racist posts in Facebook

Following Australian media reports, the army is investigating Facebook posts by soldiers which disparage Afghans as "sand niggaz", "dune coons" "smelly locals". On their profiles, some of the troops have listed as their employer Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, except they've called her a "ranga" - a derogatory term for someone with red hair.

Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201103/s3174248.htm

 

In another report they also used the words "raghead" and "niggers".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/25/3173558.htm?site=melbourne

 

Racism against people with red hair. Now that is a new one.

 

To be frank, I've always felt that there was a hint of jingoism and cultural narcissism for some choosing to join the military, even here in the United States. Hell, especially here in the United States. I have a brother who has been in the United States Air Force for 20 years and has served in Arab countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; he also served in the Gulf War and the Iraq War. What I gathered from him is that alot of young soldiers really love the thrill of getting a gun and going to "kill some dirty Muslims" and whatnot. There is just this really Eurocentric strain of Occidentalism running through the veins of many Americans anyway, so why would soldiers - who are part of this society - be any different?