OT and contentious: Torture photos from Iraq
Galen Hekhuis wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:28:15 GMT, Brian Nystrom
wrote:
Well, I think it's safe to say that anyone would have found it
humiliating. Regardless, it's entirely possible that they were coached,
directed and/or encouraged. If so, the people who did so should be
punished at least as severely as those who perpetrated the acts.
However, that doesn't mean that all guards, supervisors and the like are
guilty or that these things occurred at all facilities. Time will tell.
I just don't see how two separate units (that we know of so far) came up
with all of this on their lonesome.
It's quite possible that they didn't.
I know there is a whole lot of
political pressure to limit this to the "just 6 or 7 individuals" as was
made abundantly clear in the Senate hearings today, but in all honesty how
can anyone conclude that this is just limited to a few miscreants?
I don't think anyone has drawn any concrete conclusions. Investigations
are ongoing. Let's see where they lead before we jump to any conclusions.
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