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Originally posted by WarChild
I absolutely agree with you.
Let's remember, much of the Millitary is comprised of young men and women without an awful lot of life experience. They're in a stressful situation that's also highly emotionally charged. It's possible some of them have lost friends/family/co workers in Iraq. We don't know the stories behind it yet. That's what these hearings will find out.
I'm not condoing their behavior, under any circumstances. There IS no situation, in my mind, that justifies treating people like that. We all make stupid mistakes. These people's were terribly stupid and/or melicious in nature. Either way they NEED to be punished.
If it turns out to indeed be true that Rumsfeld knew about this, or condoned it in anyway .. THEN I think calling for him to resign would be in order. But just randomly attacking the man, before we know for sure, based soley on the evidence that SOME soldiers indeed acted poorly, is jumping the gun in my books.
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Have to agree there.
I don't like Rumsfeld very much, but everyone is entitled to be innocent until proven guilty.