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Monday, December 1, 2008 12:00 AM

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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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 07:18 PM

    Why haven't we executed Graner yet?

    That would be the just and correct thing to do, not wring our hands at the fact that a thousandth of the pain he inflicted has come back to him.

    Execution would send a clear message to Bush's other torturers, or the next generation of torturers.

    You torture, you die. Simple as that.

    Sort of puts that whole "I was obeying orders!" thing in perspective, when soldiers know that obeying those orders is signing their own death warrant.

    So what are we waiting for? This guy is worth nothing except maybe as an example to others. We should help him find that purpose.

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