There are a lot of people like that on our Free Republic, unfortunately. They make sweeping pronouncements about war and military requirements but they're a little short on the actual experience. People like cynicom make up for it by ad hominum attacks - while saying that our armed forces should be some part criminals!
How is that any different than the smearing of our fighting men as "war criminals" that John Kerry did in 1971?
I wouldn't go that nearly far. Both you and cynicom have points. You are correct that Graner did wrong under the UCMJ. Cynicom is correct in that the sentence probably reflects political considerations, not just the situation on the ground as it happened.
We don't need to have folks flaming each other so hard over what, at the end of the day, are differences in interpretation.