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Old May 13th 04, 06:15 AM
Kevin Willoughby
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In article , derekl1963
@nospamyahoo.com says...
(Henry Spencer) wrote:
In article ,
Scott Hedrick wrote:
The important difference, of course, is that the national government of the
abusers is taking steps to punish them...

Many people would have vastly more confidence in this if those steps
promptly resulted in serious punishment for those people *and* their
superiors (who are responsible for the behavior of their subordinates).

The problem is many people have inflated expectations of how far up
the chain the superiors are directly responsible.


Well, there is the issue of who knew, which (pending new information
that could pop up any moment) suggests that only a few low-level prison
guards did nasty things, vs. those who should set policy such that it is
abundantly clear that torture chambers and rape rooms are absolutely,
unequivocally, *NOT* acceptable. The latter goes to the very top. Not
just the Secretary of Defense, but to the President, and even the entire
American voting public.


Historically, the odds are against it; the way to bet is that nobody
important will suffer for it, even those who carried out the improper
orders will get just slaps on the wrist,


The cynic in my wonders if this is exactly what will happen to the
Secretary of Defense.


and it will be years before even
that happens. Just *why* is this an important difference?


If you cannot see the difference between a country that attempts to do
the right thing, and a country that does not, then your blind
anti-Americanism has affected you even worse than I thought.


Canada isn't part of North America?
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