To: cyncooper
Does anyone know what our record in the past was regarding this sort of thing? I'm assuming that in any major war we've ever fought, there have been some instances of prisoner abuse. I would be surprised if this weren't the case, given the stresses of war and the fact that soldiers aren't hand-picked to include only Mr. Rogers types. Does anyone have any info on this?
727 posted on
05/07/2004 9:28:43 AM PDT by
Steve_Seattle
("Above all, shake your bum at Burton.")
To: Steve_Seattle
Sure. When the US reached the Nazi concentration camps, most of the SS Guards they found were executed on the spot, to give one example.
And rightly so, I might add.
742 posted on
05/07/2004 9:30:05 AM PDT by
victoryatallcosts
(Rule Britannia. Britannia Rules the Waves. Britons never shall be slaves.)
To: Steve_Seattle
If we had just shot em on the spot, that would have been the end of it. Why even take prisoners in the first place if this is the grief you're going to get?
750 posted on
05/07/2004 9:31:29 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Steve_Seattle
I tried to do some research yesterday on this very question.
My searches of UCMJ and such were very unfruitful, but I'm
not a lawyer, and have little experience with doing searches
in legal situations. I would love to discover what the
penalties for this type of behavior is, even. I know that
when in the military, we were all very heavily educated that
prisoners had to be treated with respect, and that and abuse
of them was counterproductive, and played into an enemy's hands.
798 posted on
05/07/2004 9:35:41 AM PDT by
AFPhys
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