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To: i-node who wrote (190979)	6/19/2004 1:29:10 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1573954

Those soldiers KNEW what they were doing is wrong, and had an OBLIGATION NOT* to do it.* Early complaints of Abu Graib abuse went nowhere, records show 06/12/2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - At least five soldiers objected last fall to abuses they saw at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. One demanded to be reassigned, saying the behavior he witnessed there "made me sick to my stomach." Up the chain of command, the noncommissioned officers who heard such complaints did little to stop the mistreatment, according to Army records obtained by The Associated Press. What's in the memos the justice department would not release? Why did the republicans defeat 10-9, right along party lines, a motion to subpaena them? Al

To: i-node who wrote (190979)	6/19/2004 5:36:11 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573954

>This is a really weak argument. There was no confusion amongst our military as to whether the Geneva Conventions were to be followed. This is something that all soldiers know and there is no question about. While it is convenient for the Left to make the case, the reality is that what went wrong was at the lowest levels of the military. Those soldiers KNEW what they were doing is wrong, and had an OBLIGATION NOT to do it. Keep kidding yourself... >Let's be honest, this isn't My Lai. No, it's not, but it ain't Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, either. >One day you may come to see that 99% of scandals, particularly against the Right, are political affairs, with the other 1% being legitimate complaints. I'M the one who's naive? >But there is still siginficant doubt as to whether Plame was a covert operator within the meaning of the term. Then why would the White House have bothered leaking it? >The administration is indisputably the cleanest we've seen since Carter, and that is something. It's indisputably the most secretive administration since Nixon, also. -Z