Psychologist: I Failed Abu Ghraib Soldier (Lynndie England)

AP ^ | 9/23/05

[linkinpunk]

[lilylangtree]

Free the woman. She didn't do anything wrong.

[wideawake]

There's something genetically distinctive about this individual.

I wonder what her parents look like - she looks like what my great-aunt would call a "tinker" and what I would say looks like a half-aboriginal Aussie, not a West Virginian.

[WestTexasWend]

'We should have taught her how to think.'

Whoa...the NEA is NOT gonna like this!

[caver]

Is that the kid that used to be on Lost in Space?

[dighton]

That's some résumé.

[RichInOC]

"Maybe I thought, 'I didn't shoot high enough for Lynndie England...'"

Maybe a two-handed grip would have helped.

[Cathy]

I wonder what Danny Bonaducci (sp?) thinks of this???

[BikerNYC]

"Maybe I thought, 'I didn't shoot high enough for Lynndie England,'" said Denne, who works for the Mineral County school system. "Maybe I thought, 'We should have taught her how to think.'"

That's the defense? She wasn't taught how to think?

[camle]

she looks like ET. should have phoned home more often.

[teenyelliott]

So was it this guy's fault that the "woman" was a whore?

[MichaelP]

Lost in Iraq...

Mike

[Volunteer]

With respect, I disagree with you.

That woman failed to disregard an unlawful order. The U.S. Army is very, very clear that lawful orders are to obeyed, unlawful ones are not to be followed.

"I was only following orders" is not an excuse. A soldier knows right from wrong.

I find the people she was guarding to be repugnant. I understand why anyone would want to hurt them in any fashion possible. A good, well disciplined soldier does not give into those impulses, however. This woman is not good, nor is she truly a soldier. She is an embarrassment and I hope to God she is given the strongest punishment possible under the UCMJ for what she did and for the shame she has brought on the most noble profession possible, the profession of arms.

[linkinpunk]

Danny from the Partridge Family.

[caver]

Ah, that's why he looked familiar.

[cinives]

Not taught how to think ? We're all born knowing how to think. What she never learned, or had crushed out of her, was HOW TO THINK FOR HERSELF.

[ElkGroveDan]

"Maybe I thought, 'We should have taught her how to think.'"

Priceless.

[ahayes]

Not taught how to think ? We're all born knowing how to think. What she never learned, or had crushed out of her, was HOW TO THINK FOR HERSELF.

Or she was too lazy to bother thinking for herself, or she was too much of a coward to think for herself, or she was just bad and did what she did because she wanted to and thought she could get away with it.

[lOKKI]

I ain't forgivin' this maroon. She was just a bored hick-chick having some fun on a Saturday night.

There weren't any orders involved except "Hey, hold my beer and watch this!"

[ElkGroveDan]

would say looks like a half-aboriginal Aussie

I would say not so much Aussie, as Australopithecus