Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea was thrown out by a military court today. Co-conspirator Charles Graner, the biggest a-hole of the whole bunch of a-holes took the stand today and contradicted what England said several days ago.
I have to say i enjoy watching Graner walk with shackles on.
My blogger friend Dave Justus commented on my last post about England:
I'm no fan of hers, but I think that the incompetant commander of the prison deserves the biggest share of the blame.
Letting discipline get that slack is dangerous, to our soldiers and innocents.
I agree to a point. Every veteran has been trained to not only listen and obey orders but to also use your brain in a situation where proper leadership may not be present. England and Graner knew exactly what they were doing and they further knew that it was wrong. They violated the rules that govern the US military in combat and for that thay deserve the majority of the blame.
Should the officers that were assigned to Abu Ghraib have runn a tighter ship? Of course. Should they be punished? Again yes. They should be reduced in rank, stripped of a few months pay and given a less than honorable discharge. The simple fact is that they did not perpetrate the acts at the prison and should not be punished to the extent that England and Graner should be.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
England Conviction Thrown Out
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I certainly didn't intend to imply that England (and Graner and the others directly involved) should not be punished. The should to the full extent of the law.
From what I understand though, the Brigadier General ran a lousy operation. Morale at the prison was in the toilet and discipline problems were rampant.
Pschologically we no that in a situation like this unless strict discipline is maintained even 'normal' people will become shockingly sadistic. This is a problem in our domestic prisons as well.
I think Brig. Gen. Karpinsky has been punished, and probably sufficiently, and we certainly have to come down hard on England and Graner, to promote the discipline I am talking about.
However, letting the discipline get the way it did was the primary cause of the incidents, and that is what I mean by deserving the biggest share of the blame.
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