"BUFDRVR" wrote in message
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Did the blatant disregard for the rule of law by the Bush administration
add
to
the climate that led to the abuses at Al Ghraib? Probably.

That's funny. I can see it now, U.S. service members sitting around
discussing
the "illegal invasion of Iraq" when one looks at the other and says; "hey,
if
he's breakin' the law...we should too". Please tell me you don't honestly
believe a Presidents actions have any direct influance over the actions of
individual soldiers. I seved in the U.S. military for 8 years under
Clinton and
never had an inkling to smoke pot, cheat on my wife with a fat woman or
make a
false official statement (although...since I was never involved in any
investigations, this one was never put to the test).

Ask him how the President's putting into action the Public Law signed by his
predecessor (a Mr. Clinton), which stated regime change was the US objective
in Iraq, constitutes "blatant disregard for the rule of law".

Brooks