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Thread #69284   Message #1177588
Posted By: CarolC
04-May-04 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
Subject: RE: BS: American Soldiers Torturing Iraqis
Steve, I dont think it's irrisponsible to call attention to a need to examine how the military environment and the leadership, both military as well as, in the case of our current situation, the civilian leadership, contributes to situations like what happened at Fort Bragg, as well as in the Iraq prison in question. And in any situation where our military people behave in a way that is harmful to others and to the military. In fact, I think it's irrisponsible not to. I never said, or even implied, that the war, in and of itself, was the problem. My point was that we need to look at the culture that is being fostered by those in positions of responsibility. That's all.

I know you have vastly more experience dealing with large numbers of different cases of Veterans who experience problems than me. But I think I probably have much more experience than you of being married to a combat Veteran. My guess is that each experience gives its own unique perspective.