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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (312654)11/28/2006 10:45:44 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1572822
 
It was policy, approved by Rumsfeld and carried out by private contractors with some bleed over to troops who were led to believe they were in the chain of command.

Exactly. When the president of the USA and his closest folks are arguing in the highest courts of the nation, with bypartisan opposition by the way, that the Geneva convention is a "quaint" notion, what can you expect from subordinates at all levels. Consider that the administration has changes the rules of interrogation lawfully in response to reticence from CIA operatives to follow their direction. Can you imagine what these folks are being asked to do behind the scenes to motivate a refusal to carry orders?

Now true, there were some troops who went off the rails on their own, the rape and murder of that 15 year old and her family comes to mind.

This is a very different issue...the soldier who pled guilty explained well by saying that you go out on the streets of Iraq and learn to hate the locals to soothe your fear.

Al
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