Reply #88: As noted elsewhere in this post...

[teknomanzer]

The crime doesn't just end with the rape and murder of a 14 year old girl. There is also the heinous murder of her parents and a 5 year old child. Then it should be mentioned that there is the possibility that they are also ultimately responsible for reprisals against soldiers in their own unit. Did Menchaca and Tucker pay the price for these evil deeds? One wonders.

Further the brutality of this crime is certainly not lost on the people of Iraq at large. The possibility looms that more reprisals will be taken against US forces overall. This incident no doubt creates even more enmity against our troops, and they will no doubt suffer for it.

I should point out the hypocrisy of our accusing Iraqi soldiers of atrocities in Kuwait back in 1991 when false testimony was given before congress concerning premature babies being tossed out of incubators. Given the record of the armed forces in Iraq with Abu Graib, the siege of Falluja, and the atrocities at Haditha, this incident and perhaps others of which we are unaware, I wonder if the irony has dawned anyone else paying attention.