Saturday, May 22, 2004

Abu Ghraib, Still in the News

On the 14th of this month, I posted a link to a NYT article concerning Specialist Jeremy Sivits, a serviceman who had been involved in the humiliation and abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison.  Sivits was willingly giving evidence on other individuals involved, which, in light of the many articles and commentary calling for heads to roll throughout the military and on into the Whitehouse, seemed to me, to encourage some thought on the subject of responsibility, rather than blindly feeling, and then lashing out, at this atrociousness.

This morning, Drudge links to an article which is titled “Many Iraq Prison Abuses Occurred in Nov." Within that article, is this sentence.

"Many of the worst abuses that have come to light from the Abu Ghraib prison happened on a single November day amid a flare of insurgent violence in Iraq (news - web sites), the deaths of many U.S. soldiers and a breakdown of the American guards’ command structure."

Note that it states that the majority of the abuses occurred on one “single” day, in November, though the headline veils this, by stating “in Nov.,” rather than noting the “single” day.

Now, if we take the information from Sivits, and from the article noting the majority of the abuse took place on a “single” day, does this not cause one to think that possibly the call for heads to roll as high into the chain of command as possible is a bit over the top, a knee jerk reaction, based on feelings rather than thought?

Posted by John Venlet on 05/22 at 04:34 AM
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