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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:50 AM Original message |
Wife: Soldiers in Iraqi Abuse Case Are Scapegoats |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm....other folks were just following orders, too |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Read this |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. One good reason the USCMJ is set up like it is for quick and orderly...... |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The tone set: "We are above the law" |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. This is where the chaos starts up |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. damning admission in your link |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I agree with your point |
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Timefortruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. I agree with her. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Nope, they gatta take it like troopers, Accept Guilt, not deflect |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. These joyful degenerates deserve all they get |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I'm not sure they had a choice. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. The most scary part of your post is that part of came out of Scarborough c |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 01:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
72. I dunno |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Absolutely. They should be punished. AND THEIR HIGHER-UPS |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well of course they are |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. National Security???? |
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Failure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. Isn't "personal responsibility" a core CONSERVATIVE value? |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. No... It is a core campaign slogan that has nothing to do with them (EOM) |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bullsh*t |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. following illegal orders is a crime |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. punish EVERYONE |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, guilty scapegoats, maybe. Sure, they'll fall before the officers BUT |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yup, GUILTY< gatta eat it> |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. "in the sense of national security." |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. This is the B I G D E A L, A MAJOR INCIDENT. the firing, punishing of |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Scapegoat? |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. My Lai drawing: Fallujah n/t |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
71. yeah don't forget My Lai! |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. A retired LT COL wrote to Stripes about this |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. wtf? |
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comsymp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Presumption of Innocence - just like in the Good Old Days |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. Exactly |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. WRONG!!! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Then Maybe He Will Get a Lighter Sentence... |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Get them all on the sex offenders register |
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lovedems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. My uncle in a Captain in the Army Reserves and he said that you |
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Spentastic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I disagree |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. That is a scarey proposition indeed |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. It isn't a war. It is an illegal invasion for the purpose of supporting |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I am with you |
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lovedems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. The leadership knew this was going on since March. They ingnored it. |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Also it is a matter of proof and those in the pictures |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. The fact that they posed with the humiliated prisoners says volumes. N/T |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 04:35 AM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Yes, being under orders is one |
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Kinkistyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Perpetrators guilty too, but commanders should have ultimate blame. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. so when he starts slapping her around.. |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. They are guilty |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Ends do not justify the Means |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Sorry doggy but US is definitely no better than any other state |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Don't I know it. |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I think the bombing of Belgrade was the last straw for UK people |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Just currious, |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm sure there is truth to her claim.. BUT.... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
32. They are "fallguys" or "patsies" if you will |
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kclown (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
33. Let's try to keep some perspective |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. There's probably a lot of truth in what she's saying... |
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mallard (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Re: one possible twist ... |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Handbook "standard procedure" or no. These are serious war crimes. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. That may be true, but what really bothers me |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. She broadcast a picture of depravity to the world |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. SENATOR BINGAMAN ENEMY COMBATANTS |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. This will sound bad |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. It's a thought but the officers would do away with the evidence |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. The Military will try to make the Enlisted men and women face the |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. yeah, that's what I think |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. Every Nazi except Hitler could use the same excuse |
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Leezamarie (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Or perhaps they'll all meet with "accidents' |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. HERSH ON D REHM SHOW -much worse happened; up to top |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
65. Oh PLEASE woman! |
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DavidFL (236 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
68. I'm in the legal profession... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
69. Call Me Cynical |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-04 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
70. "...in the sense of national security."?!??! |
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