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irateplatypus · 10-21-2004, 03:43 PM

there have been so many crocodile tears gleefully shed because of this, it's hard to really gauge culpability...

and "at least" resign? how about at most resign? if you believe he never ordered the abuse yet consider resignation the least of all appropriate consequences... i wonder what else you would place in the range of acceptability.

it's going to be tough to find military personnel who aren't also Bush supporters... i am both. militarily, i believe the immediate commanding officer should receive legal repercussions including time in jail. officers furthur up the chain should receive short-term punishment and be given damaging paperwork in their file (this, in the military, is a career killer. a "do not pass go, do not collect $200" under normal circumstances.)

but you can only crucify so many people so many times. invariably there will be a cry for more blood than that which is just. i think the military establishment sometimes has a habit of hanging a group of people out to dry to avoid any semblance of scandal. my reading of this issue seems to indicate that a measured response instead of a purely political one is taken... which i feel is most appropriate.

10-21-2004, 03:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
irateplatypus can't help but laugh Location: dar al-harb	there have been so many crocodile tears gleefully shed because of this, it's hard to really gauge culpability... and "at least" resign? how about at most resign? if you believe he never ordered the abuse yet consider resignation the least of all appropriate consequences... i wonder what else you would place in the range of acceptability. it's going to be tough to find military personnel who aren't also Bush supporters... i am both. militarily, i believe the immediate commanding officer should receive legal repercussions including time in jail. officers furthur up the chain should receive short-term punishment and be given damaging paperwork in their file (this, in the military, is a career killer. a "do not pass go, do not collect $200" under normal circumstances.) but you can only crucify so many people so many times. invariably there will be a cry for more blood than that which is just. i think the military establishment sometimes has a habit of hanging a group of people out to dry to avoid any semblance of scandal. my reading of this issue seems to indicate that a measured response instead of a purely political one is taken... which i feel is most appropriate. __________________ If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ~ Winston Churchill Last edited by irateplatypus; 10-21-2004 at 03:45 PM..