BLAMING THE BOTTLE CAP FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE BOTTLE

Blaming Rumsfeld for the prison abuse is like blaming the bottle cap. This type of blame is absurd and only an inspector who wanted to "get" the manufacturer of the bottle caps would claim such a thing. All of us have worked in large corporations in which an employee committed a crime or series of crimes. In all cases the perps were handled. At Enron it actually was the bottle caps causing the problem and they were dealt with. I have no idea how far up the chain of command the true accountability lies but it sure ain't Bush and Rumsfeld. Nor is it the Army brass in D.C.

There is no doubt that there is virtually no patriotism on the Left. All they want to do is "win an election baby" and they don't care what happens to the country as long as what happens is bad. A party that is saddened by the terrific unemployment news decides to "use" what is becoming a national disgrace for their own gain.

I'm sure you've read the reports about pix and videos of homosexual rapes, rapes, beatings, and perhaps a couple of murders. Army insiders are leaking to the Media so we can't just blame the Left; part of the Army is ratting out itself for money. We also have to face the fact that the problem is in part systemic; the MP program, the obviously "bad apples" from the civilian world who were allowed to work in a prison, the complete lack of supervision. Somewhere the "system" itself actually allowed this to happen.

Drugs? These acts of depravity smell like it to me. "Let's get loaded and fuck with somebody" is what people do in "high crime" areas. Hash is widely available in that part of the world as is opium, but they are "downer" drugs. These types of crimes are "High activity" more in keeping with meth or cocaine. I'd look for this right away.

You don't "party" with rape and torture while videotaping for future fun unless there is at least a small "culture" supporting it. Face it folks, this could blow the entire Middle East and return it all to the really bad guys. All from a small section of a very small prison in Iraq. To quote part of an old saw: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, for want of a rider the battle was lost----And all for the want of a nail." Thus a very small thing can result in the collapse of a great cause.