"They are getting enough back stabbing."
An Article 32 hearing is NOT back stabbing.
It's really bizarre to see "conservatives" saying that officers should be allowed to pick and choose which orders they want to obey.
I have argued that point in other threads upholding accountability in the Canadian firing range friendly fire incident and the strangling of the Iraqi prisoner in his cell.
When I started my replies to these threads, I believed that the Rules of War regarding illegal combatants was clear enough to justify Lt. Col. West's actions. I have since read that he admitted knowing that there was a specific order that prohibited him from taking those actions.
That does change the nature of the matter.
Be that as it may, I still believe that the rules of engagement are too strict for the situation. Yes, leave it up to the professional interrogators but there must be some middle ground between treating illegal combatants with kid gloves and sending illegal combatant to Egypt for torture interrogations.