[narby]

There's no excuse for barbaric Americans.

That said, there's also no excuse for American television networks propagandizing in favor of terrorism. This kind of story should be on the back pages of the local newspaper of the people involved, while telling the story of the court marshal of the perp.

There's no reason for a major American network to tell this story, except to promote John Kerry and promote Anti-Americanism.

I hope people realize that this is the same story line that Kerry came into the public awareness in 1971 as spokesman for the VVAW.

[Jaxter]

"I hope people realize that this is the same story line that Kerry came into the public awareness in 1971 as spokesman for the VVAW."

I think the whole point of this is CBS saying "See? John Kerry is right. Our GI's haven't changed from Vietnam. They're still war criminals." So-called mainstream media sucks.

[clintonh8r]

There's no excuse for barbaric Americans.

What they have apparently been accused of is a long way from "barbaric".

[secretagent]

I see this as positive for the Army - it shows they intend to enforce their rules on the proper treatment of prisoners.

Abuses let slide lead to worse abuses - as in My Lai in Vietnam.

This story belongs on the front page of newspapers. The prosecution and publicizing of these crimes tells the world that we do not condone US soldiers torturing and degrading prisoners.

I hope the Army takes pride in the prosecution, and makes sure the sentences mean something.

Promote and give medals to the whistle-blowers.

[secretagent]

I hope people realize that this is the same story line that Kerry came into the public awareness in 1971 as spokesman for the VVAW.

Kerry's claims of routine US atrocities in Vietnam had plausibility, given the Army's failure to initiate investigation into the My Lai massacre.

Here the Army has initiated the investigation into and prosecution of torture, reducing the plausibility of claims of routine US atrocities in Iraq.

[Cronos]

There's no reason for a major American network to tell this story, except to promote John Kerry and promote Anti-Americanism.

I dunno. That is a difficult question -- on the one hand disclosing this info hurts our cause. On the other hand it does show that we have freedom of speech and we are a moral nation that shows outrage against such acts (I can't imagine the slammie world being outraged by the acts carried out in THEIR name). A very very difficult question to answer.