[MPJackal]

How do you know she did nothing wrong? I will wait for the evidence. The military does have a legal system that works pretty well. We don't have the smoke and mirrors of the civilian system. The facts will come out.
The one thing that seems to be a trend on FR is people forgetting that one of the foundations of the military is discipline. Without that we won't defeat anyone. Soldiers must obey orders even when they do not agree.
And dealing with 25 million civilians is complex no matter where you go in the world. And actions such as this have an effect on that. No matter how much you may want to, we can not and will not kill all Iraqis. So we have to try to deal with them. It is not my policy, it is GW's, and I support him. So I will do as ordered so long as it is a lawful order, even if I don't agree with it.

[ConservativeMan55]

"How do you know she did nothing wrong?"

Because she claims she did nothing wrong. Thats all I need.

[mrsmith]

"The military does have a legal system that works pretty well. We don't have the smoke and mirrors of the civilian system. The facts will come out. The one thing that seems to be a trend on FR is people forgetting that one of the foundations of the military is discipline. Without that we won't defeat anyone. Soldiers must obey orders even when they do not agree. And dealing with 25 million civilians is complex no matter where you go in the world. And actions such as this have an effect on that. "

Here here!

Nothings perfect but the USMC works very well.

The military, that understands the situation they were in, will do a fair job of judging their actions.

It does sound like the sheer number of surrenders caused a problem in this case, but I trust the military to decide where any fault lies.

Prisoners must be treated as humanely as possible so the enemy will not be encouraged to fight instead of surrendering.

[BeerSwillr]

First of all I'm entitled to my opinion, whether I'm posting an opinion or a fact is moot, who cares?

Second, I have first hand familiarity with the UCMJ, following orders, and the need for discipline.

These soldiers, if actually guilty of anything, don't deserve court marshall action or dishonorable discharge from the military. Good ol' Article 15 action is all this story warrants.

So what if they whacked around a couple of Iraqi POWs? I don't care, and while I won't pretend to represent the opinions of other people, I will guess that the majority of Americans wouldn't care either.

This situation is just another example of namby pamby political correctness run amok.