Reply #8: The true professional senior military soldiers were purged

[ElectroPrincess]

by Rumsfeld during the early days of the lead up to the Iraqi Invasion. When the top leadership is corrupt, no matter how genuinely patriotic and moral the subordinate Officers and NCOs may be, like the Democratic Party, they have their hands tied to do anything to stop the atrocities. All they can sanely accomplish is to minimize the abuse of power and limit the damage to their subordinate troops and the civilians they are tasked to oversee.

Think about it folks? Why is it that the ONLY charges of abuse that are begrudgingly ADMITTED by the "top brass" of the USA military is the undeniably ones that come with pictures and videos?

I submit that "the average" Infantry troop sees numerous breeches of the UCMJ and mishandling of prisoners ... I'd even feel confident in claiming that many if not most of these soldiers KNOW that the actions of their peers and superiors are wrong. However, the only control one particular officer or NCO has, IS over his OWN troops. Even then, he will NOT be supported if he chooses to charge one of his subordinates of war crimes BECAUSE his superiors will promptly dismiss him.

The buck stops with the Civilian Leaders and the Top Brass of the Military. However, like *, they will NEVER admit any fault on their part - only low ranking subordinates ... a few bad apples.

And ya know what? The republican leadership in the congress does not have enough moderates with the moral integrity to push this to the wire. Any McCain admirers out there? Don't hold your breath. :(