Criminal behavior, political profiteers

Washington Times ^ | 5/06/04

[kattracks]

We are appalled, like all Americans, to learn that rogue American soldiers and military contractors may have participated in abusing Iraqi prisoners. President Bush has straightforwardly addressed the matter on television appearances broadcast to the world. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appropriately labeled this behavior "totally unacceptable and un-American" and vowed to bring to justice those who engaged in this shameful behavior.

[McGavin999]

I read the raw data file, Karpinski ought to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for her failures. She had one brigade watching over 100 prisoners and another over thousands. She ought to be cashiered AFTER she is demoted to private.

[MEG33]

Absolutely!

[Elkiejg]

When it comes to pure chutzpah, however, the reaction in the Arab world is second to none. Arab governments and institutions routinely looked the other way when Saddam Hussein murdered hundreds of thousands of Iraqis over several decades and said nothing, and stand piously mute as Arab terrorists routinely kill Israelis, including schoolchildren. Now they're indignant over the allegations of mistreatment of Iraqis by American soldiers.
At the Qatar-based Al Jazeera, for example, a spokesman said that the reports of prisoner abuse at the hands of Americans do not surprise. In Syria, where the current dictator's late father killed 20,000 men and women in putting down an Islamist insurrection in one city.

Right on target.....the Hate America crowd right here in this country is playing this for all it's worth. Come on folks, a few soldier/contractors did some really stupid things. BUT, there is NO torture here. Any idiot that tries to compare this to Nazi Germany's treatment of Jews or any other horrible situation is displaying their bias and ignorance.

I frankly think these barbarians deserve what they get and even worse - but at the same time I realize this hurts our military in the field and for that I'm sorry -- not that a few barbarians had to disrobe.

As for the pundits and politicans trying to make political hay with this because they hope it will hurt President Bush -- may you all rot in H*LL.