I believe that the treatment the prisoners received is probably closer to normal than not. I'm sure senior military knew it was going on. I'm sure it has always been a part of war. These are the things I'm sure the government does on a regular basis but doesn't ever let it see the light of day. If your going to do bad things have the good sense to keep it under wraps. I know thats sounds terrible but its true.
The soldiers/reservest where probably encouraged to do these things. My problem with the situation is that they didn't have the good sense to realize that what they where doing was not only wrong but should be documented or talked about at a later date.
I'm not nieve enough to assume that this is not the way the goverment does things. I believe it is the way things are done. The ends justifies the means as long as it is kept out of the public eye.
Whatever it takes in the name of freedom. Not to say that everyone is like this but I believe that short cuts can be taken in life and that those short cuts are not always pretty. I'm sure the powers that be take short cuts on a regular basis.
This has nothing to do with the person or party holding the highest offices in the land. I don't they worry about such things until they have no choice but to deal with them.
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