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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Highway Hoss: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [qb] Frankly, I don't care too much WHAT the surrounding circumstances were. Lack of guidance, poor training, outdated procedures, unfamiliarity with the Geneva Convention, NONE OF IT excuses this shit. I also don't care WHAT those soldiers went through or WHAT their superiors told them, if you are so fucked up in the head that you would EVER treat another human being like... THAT... if you can't even understand torture is WRONG, then you belong in a mental institute for the rest of your LIFE. And that goes for ANYONE in ANY military force. [/qb][/QUOTE]Well said, Cartman, well said. US Military procedure is very explicit on this point when it notes that torture is not only inhumane but ineffective as well for interrogation. The problem I see is that the only people who might be punished will be the soldiers involved; in fact there are reports that private contracters were conducting some of these sessions. Will they be held accountable? IMHO there should be a widespread crackdown on those commanders who turned a blind eye toward these atrocities or worse, implicitly encouraged such behavior. Those officers who were involved should be cashiered and jailed. The civilian contracters and companies involved should also be punished to the fullest extent of US law. Also SecDef Rumsfeld should resign; between his handling of the war and his ignoring indications of the atrocites in these prisons, he has destroyed any credibility he has had. His apolgy he made today was far too little too late. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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