[FairOpinion]

"They were tortured simply for the enjoyment of the guards."


That's what the investigation is supposed to determine and punish those responsible.

But as I said, releasing the pictures puts American lives at risk and serves no positive purpose.

There was much that was not allowed to be published during WW II, because it was deemed that "the people's right to know" was outweighed by the danger to the success of the mission and American and coalition lives.

If the media had a reponsible bone in their body, they wouldn't have published the pictures. The information was already public.

[Texasforever]

Long Cut represents what is right and good with our military and he is genuinely outraged over this because of what has been done to his honor and that of his comrades in arms. I think his focus is very narrow because of this but I have read that report and there is not a lot of exculpatory evidence in favor of all of those accused. I don't believe that this was done to "get information to save lives". I think it is the sick actions of 7 very strange human beings. That being said the real villains are those using this to weaken the United States using methods so cynical as to put the Vietnam anti-war crowd to shame.

[Tennessee_Bob]

That's what the investigation is supposed to determine and punish those responsible.

And when your local police begin to act as judge and jury as well, how loudly will you protest? This was not punishment, and it was not the MPs place to punish these troops. What happened there goes far beyond the pale.

We have a code of conduct, we have conventions that we follow. Pound your chest and wave your bloody rags somewhere else - our military - the United States Military - the men and women that I used to serve with - are the Professionals. That's what separates us from them. The animals that we are fighting - they are the ones who get the scent of blood in their nose and go off the deep end. Our troops are the ones who maintain and carry on, regardless.