Saturday, May 08, 2004

Stateside soldiers now speaking up

Or maybe it's just that only now are the media giving them any coverage. Huh?

Read this Reuters article, and note this quote:

Until earlier this year prisoners would arrive at Abu Ghraib with broken bones, suggesting they had been roughed up, he said, but the practice ended in January or February.


January or February, like when the Taguba report was requisitioned. Ooops. Got caught.

I think some of this can be laid right at the military PR's feet and that phony Jessica Lynch story - the one where they falsely claimed she was brutalized by the Iraqis who held her prisoner. Part of the hero story that was certain to inflame troops' ingrained prejudices and base desires for revenge. One lie among many intended to turn intolerance into a weapon.

And this one:

When military investigators were looking into abuses several months ago, they gave U.S. guards a week's notice before inspecting their possessions, several soldiers said.

"That shows you how lax they are about discipline. 'We are going to look for contraband in here, so hint, hint, get rid of the stuff,' that's the way things work in the Guard."


Just a few bad apples.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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