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Post by Moses on May 3, 2004 19:23:02 GMT -5
www.csmonitor.com/2004/0503/dailyUpdate.htmlGen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation and said the abuse of detainees was isolated, and not representative of the US military prisons elsewhere in Iraq. "It's important to realize that it was American soldiers that turned these people in, and that as soon as we found out about it, we took very quick action to investigate that situation." Karpinski, however, says she warned her superiors about problems at the prison, but they just ignored her because "they wanted it to go away." Columnist and author Jed Babbin, writes in National Review, that it's important to remember the alleged abuses were the actions of a relatively small number of individuals. : "As serious as the prisoner abuse was, we must remember that these crimes were the acts of a few, and have no relationship to the conduct of the tens of thousands of Americans who have fought in this war. There will be those who — like John Kerry 30 years ago — say that war crimes by Americans are the norm, not the exception. It was false then, and it is just as false now. Let the Noam Chomskys of the world say whatever echoes in their own empty heads: The record of the American soldier in every war beginning with the Revolution has been one of defending humanity while defending freedom."
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