A new report has been completed concerning the alleged abuse at the hands of American Military Forces in this war on terror. As I find the organization that filed the report reputable, I must say I am disturbed at the findings. Rather than cloud the forum with a series of quotes from the report, I will simply place this here:
The soldiers’ accounts show widespread confusion among military units about the legal standards applicable to detainees. One of the sergeants quoted in the report described how abuse of detainees was accepted among military units:
“Trends were accepted. Leadership failed to provide clear guidance so we just developed it. They wanted intel [intelligence]. As long as no PUCs came up dead it happened. We heard rumors of PUCs dying so we were careful. We kept it to broken arms and legs and shit.”
and supply the link:
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005...usint11776.htm
My hope is we can discuss the information in this report....rather than debate the Evil nature of those imprisoned.