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I keep seeing conservatives talking about how Kerry went to the Capitol and told stories about Vietnam atrocities and this was untrue and a disservice to soldiers. I am surprised that they are doing so even after the pictures coming from Abu Ghraib prison. Isn't this a reminder that such things happen in war? Don't people remember My Lai and similar incidents from Vietnam? I think everyone knows these things go on during war time (or during peace time - Dan Mitrione from the US OPS used to wire up prisoners and torture them with electricity in Uruguay in the late 1960's). I think everyone realizes these things go on, and they are just saying what he said was untrue because they felt compelled to. It is a wiggle phrase inserted, what they are really saying is he should be quiet about the reality of what is going on, because it makes people uncomfortable with going to war. I can't believe they're still attacking Kerry for this.
While much blame will be assigned to grunts and NCOs in Abu Ghraib, I blame more their superiors up to the Commander-in-Chief, and even beyond him to his wealthy supporters, who I see as the ones truly to blame, as they are the ones who really set the wheels of this all in motion.
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