[MACVSOG68]

Please explain how these "atrocities" are in any way worse than what is done during that most vicious of rituals, fraternity hell week.

"The New Yorker magazine reported Saturday that it had obtained a 53-page U.S. military report that concluded that Iraqi prisoners had been subjected to "sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses" at the prison, which before last year's U.S.-led invasion had been Saddam Hussein's primary killing ground for political enemies. The author of the report, identified by the New Yorker as Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, said it appeared that some of the inmates had been beaten and sodomized, perhaps with a broomstick or a chemical light." Source: http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-abuse2may02,1,3116542.story

You must have really enjoyed hell week!

The MPs at the prison in question have few duties. The are to secure the prison and ensure the safety of the prisoners. This isn't a fraternity.

[blackdog]

You know, it's important to have a war every 20 years. A real ugly nasty one too. I for one don't want commanders in some future conflict my children may become involved in not having been shot at, had RPG's express delivered, gain experience in interrogating prisoners who's units may be preparing to regroup and kill my countrymen, or not having the real up-close smell of the smoldering entrails of a battle sight fresh in their mind.

I really don't care what our troops do to obtain information vital to the welfare of our troops, countrymen, and country. I have faith in their discretion.

Maybe next time Jihadi-boy is found at a roadside checkpoint with a RPG launcher in his car, he may be more likely to spill the beans if he knew the only plasma on the screen in the local jail is blood plasma.

[Radix]

The MPs at the prison in question have few duties. The are to secure the prison and ensure the safety of the prisoners.

This isn't a fraternity.

You have it right, and because of those facts, I have certain reservations of the veracity of the controversial images, and the incredible fuss over the matter. There is something wrong with this entire situation. I can scarcely believe that American MPs would be so reckless, as they are being portrayed. They are well instructed on proper Military deportment under such circumstances

I am of the mind that we are simply not getting the entire story, and the more that we get mired in this controversy, the more we lose sight of the real objectives.

We ar in a War against terrorists, and their supporters.

[antceecee]

All of this is surmisal until the final investigation findings are released. I tend not to believe any press accounts that are obtained illegally from a Maj Gen. Taguba during an ongoing investigation.