We are led by war criminals, says general

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http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/06/19/we_are_led_by_war_criminals_sa.html

By Jay Bookman | Thursday, June 19, 2008, 03:26 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Army Maj. Gen. Anthony Taguba led the military’s investigation into the abuse at Abu Ghraib, and he did so honestly and forthrightly. As reward for doing his job well, he was forced to retire from the service he loved.

The two-star general has now written a forward to a report on widespread, systematic, officially sanctioned torture by U.S. soldiers and civilians. His conclusion is stunning:

“This report tells the largely untold human story of what happened to detainees in our custody when the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture. This story is not only written in words: It is scrawled for the rest of these individuals’ lives on their bodies and minds. Our national honor is stained by the indignity and inhumane treatment these men received from their captors….

After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.”

The truth will emerge, and when it does this nation’s reputation will be seriously damaged in the eyes of the world and in the eyes of its own people. Our shame will be compounded by the fact that for so long we dumped blame for Abu Ghraib and other atrocities on the very lowest soldiers in the chain of command, those powerless to protect themselves, while allowing those at the top of that chain of command to claim clean hands.

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1. By its works, surely all thinking and reasoning people in the world realize

junior's cabal has been almost solely a vast criminal organization and operation from the git-go. :D

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2. IMO

This could only happen under the backdrop of "Christian Conservatism"

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3. I know

tell it to the dems:(