It is my opinion that the abuse of the Iraqi prisoners was inexcusable for the personel who committed the acts- and they should answer for them- but, do I think that the acts were condoned knowingly by others? No.
Would the President, or Sec. of War have stopped this if they knew it was happening? Of course. I am sure there are prison guards in U.S. prisons abusing prisoners. There are rumors of this. I am sure it goes on in all administrations, but I don’t think that the administration in power at the time such revelations is at fault.
There are always bad apples that must be weeded out. Their immediate commanders must be looked at with the thot that their control of the situation and supervision was lacking. However, I am sure that such acts were against policy.
I am sure that there was no encouragement of such actions from leaders too much higher than the immediate situation. There has always been such things as this in wars. They must be dealt with at the level at which they occur.
It is my opinion that the abuse of the Iraqi prisoners was inexcusable for the personel who committed the acts- and they should answer for them- but, do I think that the acts were condoned knowingly by others? No.
Would the President, or Sec. of War have stopped this if they knew it was happening? Of course. I am sure there are prison guards in U.S. prisons abusing prisoners. There are rumors of this. I am sure it goes on in all administrations, but I don’t think that the administration in power at the time such revelations is at fault.
There are always bad apples that must be weeded out. Their immediate commanders must be looked at with the thot that their control of the situation and supervision was lacking. However, I am sure that such acts were against policy.
I am sure that there was no encouragement of such actions from leaders too much higher than the immediate situation. There has always been such things as this in wars. They must be dealt with at the level at which they occur.