Word: ghraib
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Iraq: How Did It Come to This? The cold and inhuman acts of abuse committed at the Abu Ghraib prison are, sadly, the first signs of the decline of a great power. Claudia Eslava Miami...
...former U.S. soldier who served in Iraq, I am ashamed of the abuse inflicted on Abu Ghraib prisoners by American troops [May 17]. The actions shown in the photographs were deliberate, and the soldiers' excuse that they were simply following orders is absurd. Every U.S. service member has the right to decline an order that is morally wrong. All the proper training in the world cannot replace a lack of morals. This scandal undermines everything that I and many others did to help the Iraqi people. Ross Edwards Palatine...
...should be angered by the extensive outrage over Abu Ghraib. It's easy for people to judge these soldiers, but I thank them for the job they are doing. They are dealing with fighters who kill Americans without thought or concern. The critics should shut up, unless they are willing to put their lives on the line. Chase Hoozer Houston...
...leadership creates culture and culture sanctions behavior, then look to the mind and behavior of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld before you search elsewhere for answers to your cover's question, HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? Rumsfeld's acceptance of "full responsibility" for the Abu Ghraib scandal means nothing while he remains in office. Can't Bush see that? Errol Gray Cape Town...
...that a nation with the world's second-largest oil reserves should also have mile-long queues at gas stations? Isn't it strange that the Americans, who made such a big deal of Saddam Hussein's treatment of prisoners, brutalized their own Iraqi captives in Abu Ghraib...