Instead we get this article. Guess we know what political party these 17 must have belonged to or Hack would have published them.
Actually, I read on another thread that Hillary, Byrd, Bill Nelson & Mark Dayton are among those named by uncle William Lawson on MSNBC today.
Bravo Sierra.
Retired Master Sgt. William Lawson did nothing except try to blackmail the U.S. Army by threatening to release copies of the photos unless the U.S. Army dropped charges against his nephew. The U.S. Army, to it's credit, refused to subvert the rule of law in the face of blackmail.
The abuse was first reported on 13 January 2004 by Spc. Joseph Darby.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Press Release Number: 04-01-43 announced on January 16, 2004 that an investigation was going to be conducted in a case dealing with detainee abuse. This was the first time that the press had heard anything about this and it was 3 days after the abuse had been reported.
An Army Regulation Article 15-6 investigation was commenced on 19 January 2004 and was an extremely extensive investigation with interviews of over 50 witnesses both American and Iraqi.
The Army Regulation Article 15-6 investigation concluded:
CONCLUSION:1. (U) Several US Army Soldiers have committed egregious acts and grave breaches of international law at Abu Ghraib/BCCF and Camp Bucca, Iraq. Furthermore, key senior leaders in both the 800th MP Brigade and the 205th MI Brigade failed to comply with established regulations, policies, and command directives in preventing detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib (BCCF) and at Camp Bucca during the period August 2003 to February 2004.
Hackworth is not only an accomplice to blackmail but also a liar.
And since Hackworth was so much better trained than our current reserves, he immedialtely reported it to his superiors, just as they had so well trained him to do.
Is there a statute of limitations on war crimes?
Why ANYONE takes people like Hackworth seriously, I'll never understand. He is to the military what Larry Klayman is to the law, and Richard C. Hoagland is to science. Too many of these bit players are out there making a living by hawking their supposed inside knowledge to the gullible.
In 1965 in Vietnam, I saw a very connected intelligence captain torturing a POW with a field-telephone wire attached to his testicles and decided my personal belief system outweighed his fathers four stars. When I told him Id shoot him if he didnt cease and desist, the atrocity came to a screeching halt.
Isn't Hackworth choking the life out of his point here or is it just his usual point not quite fitting with this situation? His usual rant is againt those in command and here he illustrates the same point along with his usual "moral" superiority. He can't possibly argue that those involved in the current situation just didn't know that abusing prisoners and posing with them wasn't wrong.
"LEGACY PROJECT" LAUNCHES SPIN CAMPAIGN TO OBSCURE CLINTON RECORD ON MILITARY READINESS
..."Legacy Project" talking points cannot erase the inconvenient fact that during the Clinton years, military readiness and morale were seriously degraded. Contemporaneous news stories, published with headlines such as these, reported the steady decline:
· "BAND-AID NAVY -- How Shortages are Burning Out Sailors and Wearing Out the Fleet," Navy Times, May 22, 2000
· "Two Army Divisions Unfit for war-- Both Flunk Ratings of Preparedness," Washington Post, Nov. 10, 1999
· "They Werent Ready -- General Says Task Force Hawk Aviators Unprepared for Challenges in Kosovo," Army Times, July 5, 1999
· "Army Says Strained Resources Leave Troops Unprepared for War" -- New York Times, Nov. 10, 1999
· "ROCK BOTTOM -- Training Centers Report They Cant Meet Mission," Army Times, Sept. 11, 2000
· "Workload Swamps Ship Maintenance Depots," Navy Times, May 22, 2000
· "Readiness Hits Lowest Level in 15 Years" -- Air Force Times, May 15, 2000
Defense analyst OHanlon nevertheless claimed that Clintons Administration had "maintained a strong and focused military able to carry out a post-Cold War mission." Pointing to the performance of American forces in the Balkans and in Afghanistan, OHanlon came to the faint-praise conclusion that "Bill Clinton did not squander the legacy" of his predecessors, President Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
To appreciate the fatuity of that claim, just imagine Reagan or either President Bush starting their respective terms as Commander-in-Chief by calling for the acceptance of open homosexuality in the military. By contrast, Reagan delivered on his promise to restore the strength and morale of Americas volunteer force, following four years of "hollowing out" under President Jimmy Carter.
In addition to what was taken away, social burdens were loaded on. High-level Clinton appointees--including an Assistant Secretary of the Army (Sara Lister) who derided the Marines as "extremists" -- turned the Pentagon into a feminist power base. Liberal civilian appointees pursued an "ungendered military," and lavished scarce resources on social engineering that undermined military culture and morale.
In addition to continuous attempts to accommodate homosexuals in the military, despite congressional action to the contrary, Clinton policies became increasingly problematic. His legacy includes co-ed basic training, gender quotas and gender-normed standards, a push to relax personal discipline rules, and a pervasive lack of candor about the consequences of such policies. The result was a widening credibility gap, detected in numerous surveys, which demoralized the troops and caused hundreds of junior officers to leave the service early.
Who's in trouble now, a woman and her subordinates who are bordering on homosexual acts. Clinton's Legacy just keeps on giving.
Did Col. Hackworth swear out a complaint against this alleged war criminal or is he another John Kerry ?
Class ?
Class ?
Class ?
He is not credible unless he did. Otherwise he witnessed a war crime and covered it up. If he participated in the release of classified evidence he is a traitor who put American lives at risk.
Uh, can anyone answer this? How many "4-stars" were there before 1965, and of those, how many had sons who were captains in MI?