Thread: Bush needs to clean up his mess
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Old June 26th 06, 04:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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Default Bush needs to clean up his mess

Fred J. McCall wrote:
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:Fred J. McCall wrote:
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: :Fred J. McCall wrote:
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: : 2) If guilty, they'll wind up tried and convicted and in the military
: : prison in Leavenworth (if they don't draw a death penalty, which is
: : pretty unlikely in a military court).
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: :So far, every man convicted of contributing to the murders at
: :Bagram has returned to duty. That does not inspire much
: :confidence.
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: Circumstances alter cases, no matter how much you might dislike it.
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:In these cases the circumstances seem to be that there were photos
f the abuses at Abu Ghraib, but none from Bagram, and so there
:was more publicity about the lesser crimes at Abu Ghraib. That's
:the fault of the media, and I blame them for being irresponsible.
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:The sentences handed down appear to have depended more on the
ublicity surrounding the cases, than on the severity of the crimes.
:That I blame on the people running our courts-martial.

And you are familiar with all the facts of all the cases,

No one is familiar with all the facts of all the cases.

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