The Army's Inspector General, Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Green, has determined the "allegations are unsubstantiated" and cleared four commanders of allegations of wrongdoing in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse.
What a bunch of BS!
From the BBC article Top Brass Cleared Over Iraq Abuse:
The US Army inspector general's report says only Brig Gen Janis Karpinski, commander at the jail, has been found guilty and reprimanded over the abuse.
She told the BBC last year that had been made a "convenient scapegoat" for abuse ordered by others at the top, including Gen Sanchez.
Click here for more Iraq abuse photos from BBC News
I find it difficult to believe knowledge of the activities and intimidation techniques used at the Abu Ghraib prison stopped at the commander of the jail. In such a hierarchical structure as the military, it is inconcievable Karpinski approved of the activities without approval from her superiors or at least receiving a nod or a wink of approval.
There's no doubt approval came from the top... ALL the way from the top. Now, I'll bet it was handled via indirect references with understood intentions so that, if questioned later, one could say "I never approved the torture of prisoners" when the likely instruction was something like "Do whatever you have to in order to get results."
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is being sued by two civil liberties group for allegedly authorising torture and then failing to stop it.
Will anyone at the top, Rummy or Bush, ever pay? Doubtful.
"What this decision unfortunately continues is a pattern of exoneration and indeed promotion for many of the individuals at the heart of the torture scandal," said Amnesty International spokesman Alistair Hodgett.
"It only serves to underscore the desperate need for an independent investigation that will scrutinize the policy decisions and the individuals who made and implemented them in a manner that will expose the truth," Mr Hodgett told Reuters news agency.
At the beginning of today's entry, I said that things couln't be more obvious. What's so obvious you ask?
The current attitude within both the military and political structure of the US where all actions are justified and their objectives will not be denied. It is obvious there will be no accountability for any actions. Nothing will happen from within the US.
Unfortunately, any effort from the international community will be discounted as meddling in affairs the US can handle on its own. No country, group of countries, or organization seems to be able to hold the US accountable for anything.
Since no action will be taken by the people of the US to put an end to this attitude, it will ultimately lead to only one scenario: other countries will unite to work against the US. First, economically, then, if necessary, militarily.
For some interesting comments and compilation of articles on the prison abuse and accusations of torture, go to this issue at the Signs of the Times site.
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