Yup, I had the same classes, I remember Capt. Wha...

2009-05-31T21:20:58.224-07:00

Yup, I had the same classes, I remember Capt. Whaley spending the whole afternoon on the UCMJ and the Geneva Conventions. There is no way I would ever have followed any order to commit these crimes.

I too am ashamed of my country. What we have see...

2009-05-31T20:32:20.494-07:00

I too am ashamed of my country.

What we have seen is only the tip of the iceberg. How many incidents of torture have we not heard about? When Abu Ghraib story broke, military commanders confiscated cameras.

Whenever the army does something bad like bombing a wedding, the first story they put out is that the target was insurgents or terrorists. Only if the news gets out do they admit it was a
"mistake".

This is a standard army policy. When I was in boot camp (a long time ago) they called it CYA (cover your A**).

Also a long time ago in boot camp we had a class on the Geneva Convention. I don't know if they still have these classes. We were taught that under no circumstances were we allowed to torture or abuse prisoners. Even if we were ordered to torture, we had a duty to refuse to obey that order.

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Yup, I had the same classes, I remember Capt. Wha...

I too am ashamed of my country. What we have see...