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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.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 07:25 AM

    We're missing an opportunity here...

    Every time you turn on your TV you're assaulted by recruiting ads that extol the virtues of making your kid "Army Strong".

    It's time to deal in Truth in Advertising here... when is DoD going to start the NEW ads showing Graner in his waist cuffs, leg irons, and orange jumpsuit, being lead to the showers at Fort Levenworth by two MPs?

    Wouldn't that be a great recruiting advertisment?

    I did a hitch... and since 9/11 I've advised anyone who's asked to stay FAR, FAR away from recruiters.

    As every soldier knows full well, it rolls downhill... and Graner and the rest of the Abu Gharib crew are typical; they're all valley dwellers.

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