They are working for Fox now and don't have to answer to the UCMJ. If they think it's so damn wrong why the hell didn't they fight to change those rules over the past two years. The POW/detainee rules for GWOT have been unchanged since Afghanistan post 9-11.
Battlefield initiative is very different from coercing information by threatening someones life. The guy was probably lying, it's been shown so many times that those techniques yield lies it's not even funny.
But to me the worst infraction is that he failed to set the proper example for his troops. Inexcusable IMO.
it's been shown so many times that those techniques yield lies it's not even funny. Sometimes they yeild lies, and sometimes they don't. Yeah, there are undoubtedly much better techniques for getting info out of the enemy, but those techniques require something Col. West didn't have -- time.
But to me the worst infraction is that he failed to set the proper example for his troops.
Actually, he set a terrific example -- he showed that the lives of his men are infinitely more important than a few ridiculous regulations.