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January 10, 2005
Goooooooo Graner!
Committing (choke, allegedly committing) lewd and torturous acts against Iraqi prisoners is shameful. Defending these acts in a court of law with L-A-M-E excuses is down right pathetic.
A lawyer for Charles Graner, the supposed ringleader of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, addressed the military jury today. In his opening statements, he defended his client's actions by using a cheerleader metaphor, similar to this:
"Sure, my client made a bunch of naked, headsacked prisoners form a pyramid. So what?! These were bad, bad men. Besides cheerleaders do the same thing on the football fields everyday! Woo hoo, cheerleaders!"
He also justified the leashing of prisoners, saying it's very similar to when parents place tethers on their toddlers in public places.
Now, I'm no laywer...BUT, this is completely inane! Wouldn't it be better to focus on the insanity of war, and the difficult military conditions? Who hired this guy?
Posted by Michele at January 10, 2005 10:36 PM
