[higgmeister]

Laura Ingraham saying her sources in the Pentagon say it's bad. I think some Freepers are putting their heads in the sand, rather than realizing that what makes us GREAT is that when such atrocities occur with our fighting forces, WE identify it, WE prosecute it, WE try it, and WE address it.

I don't see the N. Koreans or al-Qaeda interested in trying anyone for atrocities they commit.

Professor, did GI's in the big one take their Brownies with them and sell the photographs to LOOK?

This story is walking BS.

Even if every bit of it is true, the onus is on the insurgent and radical Baathist to not get in a fire-fight in the presence of their families. It's a no brainer, they shouldn't try to prove Darwin's theory in battle.

Add one more: WE play right into the hands of those that wish to destroy our nation.

[LS]

So you're now calling Laura a sellout or shill? Come on.

That's where this stuff gets surreal. Patton had to hang four GIs who were raping Italian women in Sicily in 1943, and he did so without compunction or without hesitation when they were proven guilty. It's ostrich-like to pretend that there are not atrocities, and, unfortunately some of our people do occasionally commit them.

What you should be concentrating on is WHY we don't do this more often, let alone routinely---WHY we alone seem to be able to control the "baser instincts" of man in combat---and WHY we above all armies maintain soldiers and sailors of honor in the worst of circumstances, despite some of the bad apples.