Marine who built Gitmo: U.S. lost moral high ground

[kpete]

Source: Seattle Times

Marine who built Gitmo: U.S. lost moral high ground
The Associated Press
ANDRES LEIGHTON / AP

The Marine commander who built the Guantanamo Bay prison said Thursday the U.S. lost the "moral high ground" with its brutal treatment of prisoners, and the facility should be closed as quickly as possible.

It was the first time Maj. Gen. Michael Lehnert publicly acknowledged his doubts, although he said he did make his concerns known through the appropriate chain of command.
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He said he was given little guidance from the Pentagon, but he did have his staff read the Geneva Convention, the international agreement governing treatment of prisoners


"I came to the conclusion very soon that this probably wasn't the right way to go," said Lehnert, who served just 100 days at the base.
"I think we lost the moral high ground," he said.

Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009943238_apusmarineguantanamo.html

[elocs]

1. I read about this here last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6630726

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

America committed war crimes. My country needs to admit this (without any ambiguity whatsoever ...or bullshit euphemisms intended to lessen the seriousness of the crimes) and then prosecute - starting with the former war criminal executive.

[Trillo]

3. Don't be silly. Laws are only for little people.

/I wish my title wasn't reality.

[carla]

5. Criminal CinC

who never had any morals but hid behind his bogus conversion to Christianity in order to fool enough of the people to get away with his highly immoral schemes. Moral high ground has been missing from American governance since 1945.

[Vidar]

4. K&R