THE WRONG MORONS
(from the Army Times)
"Around the halls of the Pentagon, a term of caustic derision has emerged for the enlisted soldiers at the heart of the furor over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal: the six morons who lost the war.
Indeed, the damage done to the U.S. military and the nation as a whole by the horrifying photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees at the notorious prison is incalculable.
But the folks in the Pentagon are talking about the wrong morons."
Amen. (Thanks to Professor Tim Rhodes for the link.)
Since the beginning of this War on Terror, Secretary Rumsfeld has openly treated the Geneva Conventions as something to be circumvented whenever possible. There can be no doubt that that philosophy has been felt and imitated all the way down the chain of command.
And, by way of skull-clutching irony, here's this interview with Rumsfeld from March, 2003, in reference to Americans captured by the Iraqis:
"I will say this, the Geneva Convention indicates that it's not permitted to photograph and embarrass or humiliate prisoners of war, and if they do happen to be American or coalition ground forces that have been captured, the Geneva Convention indicates how they should be treated."
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
by Matthew Duss
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