I'm all for Lynndie England being convicted, BUT she wasn't acting in a vacuum. Similar techniques just happened to pop up in Afghanistan and Gitmo (Cuba), but we're to believe this was just her own isolated crazy idea. Yeah, right. To some degree, what do you expect when the Commander in Chief and the Secretary of Defense tell the troops that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to them, and that torture isn't really illegal?
In the end, I don't think that condones torture, or violations of the Geneva Conventions, but Lynndie's bosses, George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, need to answer a few questions about why they shouldn't be on the hot seat (or dog leash) as well.
From Der Spiegel:
With Lynndie England's conviction earlier this week, nine US soldiers have now been sentenced for their role in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. But is it enough? DER SPIEGEL looks at two lives destroyed by Abu Ghraib. One, an Iraqi community leader -- the other, his American guard.
