Re: Shame and (Self) Loathing in Politics
Nice inflammatory pictorial rhetoric, Dave. Your assertions are getting more and more absurd. You imply that the GOP ordered the soldiers at the prison to abuse prisoners and to commit war crimes. That's patently false and grossly irresponsible.
Those soldiers clearly acted far outside the law of war and outside the scope of their orders and duties. There is no evidence whatsoever to indicate that the administration or the party (the party doesn't run the government) ordered the soldiers to torture or abuse prisoners. Their acts of abuse apparently came from a lower level commander or NCO, including someone actually there on the scene. It is most likely that they got carried away and were not closely supervised by any officer beyond company grade. Yes, that indicates a breakdown in command and control. It does not indicate a high level military or administration order, however. You imply that it does, and you also imply that the Republican Party is behind it. Are you going to imply next that the party murdered JFK, RFK, and MLK?
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