Reply #7: I wish....

[HardWorkingDem]

people could put themselves in the shoes of many of these people for a moment and try to understand how this happened.


Now, don't get me wrong: I'm not defending some person that took glee in stomping some guy to death or actually killing someone.

But people like Lyndie England were manipulated into what she did by some very persuasive people. No one will EVER be able to convince me that these soldiers came up with these acts on their own. And from the start of this entire mess, the Bush Administration described our enemies as less than animals.

So imagine being sent over there, told by people not only what you were doing was legal, but that it was for the service of your country. Many of these manipulated people were uneducated and taken advantage of.