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Sympathy for Charles Graner

No one from the Bush administration has been held accountable for torture. But the guard from Abu Ghraib prison is still behind bars, and his family wants to know why.

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 08:26 PM

    @ JKalos

    You are 100% correct. There should be a long line of NCOs and officers from Abu Ghraib in prison along with Graner (not to mention higher ups at the pentagon).

    Perhaps the problem is mine; it's hard for me to rationally consider this issue. Even thinking about it now, I can detect the white hot anger and disgust growing inside. The gross dereliction of duty and shameful cowardice displayed by Graner is just completely beyond the pale. I just worry that this guy will be made into some kind of martyr.

    Oh, and don't get me started on soldiers forgetting gear from their rucks or not having their canteens filled! LOL

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