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If you can't bring yourself to be sympathetic to Graner's situation (and how his parents must feel) maybe at the very least we could attempt some empathy here. The fact he is guilty of abuse and dereliction of duty are really not the arguement... the fact he is being singled out as the lone person to take the fall and do time under these conditions are what's wrong - plain and simple.
It was wrong in Abu Ghraib, it is wrong in Guantanamo, it is wrong in China, it is wrong in Russia, it is wrong Korea, it is wrong in Mexico, it is wrong in AMERICA.
I'd be sympathetic to Rumsfeld's family too if that old bastard were brought up on charges and thrown in prison (where he deserves to be)... not going to happen though - they've got their patsy.
