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Originally Posted by Rdr4evr
Ridiculous? I would be fine with the death penalty if it came down to it. The way they humiliated the prisoners would be considered torture as well, and sometimes death is better than torture. I have no respect or sympathy toward any soldier to begin with for reasons willravel stated above, but going this far deserves severe punishment. Put yourself in their shoes and you will think twice before calling it a mere humiliation.
As for your murder statement. You don't think these "heroes" have murdered innocent Iraqi civilians? Do you truly believe that these guys are angels who are there to free the helpless Iraqi people? Please, I hope you don’t believe that nonsense.
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First off I didn't call anyone a "hero" or "angel"! Willravel has a valid point, some soldiers are inherently bad, not all by any stretch of the imagination. So far we have 8 or so out of a couple hundred thousand thats been cycled through Iraq. I ain't doin' the math, but that's a real small percentage. I also don't believe, by any stretch, that our soldiers are over there killing innocent Iraqis just for the helluva it. I think any and all friendly fire incidents are regrettable, but they will happen in any type of conflict. You need to review history, during past conflicts and wars carpet bombing whole cities was acceptable warfare. Contrast that to todays "surgical strikes" and you will see that every effort is taken to insure innocent life is spared. Don't you find it a bit ironic that you wish this man to be put to death but your willing to vote for someone, for President no less, that admitted in front of a Congressional hearing that he has done much worse than force a few people to get nekkid? I do agree that there should be some sort of punishment for these men and women that committed these crimes, however the punishment should fit the crime. I'm sorry, I just can't equate forcing someone to take off their clothes and make a pyrmid to torture, for whatever reason I just can't make that connection.
As far as heroes, go here and see what being a true hero is all about!
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm