tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post4462578406394623337..comments2023-10-31T10:06:53.344-05:00Comments on Blue man in a Red district: Rampant sexual abuse at Abu GhraibHal Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436615739937572663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post-12059022382067265402007-06-19T22:14:00.000-05:002007-06-19T22:14:00.000-05:00The civilians simply put themselves above the miss...The civilians simply put themselves above the mission and the country. This essay reinforced the idea that within the Bush administration, when a policy results in failure, the #1 priority then becomes finding cover, shooting all messengers...not getting it right the second time or applying justice to the situation. <BR/><BR/>I'm saddened most by how easy it is to intimidate the military brass. They are also guilty of putting their own careers ahead of the country.Al Swearengenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714901316525776975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37387500.post-41170049156831558692007-06-18T13:59:00.000-05:002007-06-18T13:59:00.000-05:00It seems important to note that this apparently ha...It seems important to note that this apparently harsh criticism of U.S. war crimes is coming from Gen. Taguba, not some insurgent propaganda source. Others in the civilian command structure may criticize Taguba as being disloyal, but he is actually showing a very brave and tenacious loyalty to our most basic values.<BR/><BR/>We can also note that Taguba is not alone. Every step along the way, in exposing the horrors of the American use of torture, there have been brave people from the military and from the C.I.A. who have leaked the scandals of deaths at the Kandahar base in Afghanistan, or the hopelessness and humiliation of Guantanamo, or the evil of extraordinary rendition to Thailand or Egypt or Poland. <BR/><BR/>These Americans are the real patriots, the Americans who show loyalty to our deepest and most basic American values…not merely to some rogue president and his corrupt henchmen.Charleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06112520346496517632noreply@blogger.com