Army Abuses Report on Army Abuse

Anyone who thought the Army couldn't reasonably investigate itself and those horrific acts of brutality that shamed our nation and shocked the world...well, you were right. The Army released its report the same day as the 9-11 commission's report -- successfully burying its findings in the flurry of news coverage for that scathing indictment. Despite finding evidence of more abuse than they ever admitted to before (94 cases, including 20 deaths), despite tallying those incidents as occuring in Iraq and Afghanistan in many different areas, despite contradicting itself in the report at numerous times, the Army said the abuses were the actions of a few and there were no systemic problems. Reaction, sadly, was split on party lines when EVERYONE should be outraged at the Army's willingness to blame underlings and not hold top officials to blame for what happened on their watch.