“Youthful Indiscretions” Rear Their Ugly Head
Yahoo! News has a story that alcohol is being cited as a problem in the prison scandal.
You know, whatever my succeses or failures, at least I’ve never had alcohol to lean on or excuse them.
Key ‘graphs with comments in bold:
“…When officers at the site were confronted with pictures showing abuse of prisoners, some wondered whether alcohol had played a part. A military intelligence lieutenant colonel from a National Guard unit who worked at the prison and asked not to be identified said that the MPs appeared to be drunk and that the atmosphere on the cellblock was “like a fraternity party.”
Well, that’s George Bush’s army, all right.
“Another soldier who was at the meeting, Spc. Paul Son, said [Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, one of the senior officers at the prison and the leader of the interrogation operation] lectured the assembled troops that it was “absolutely unacceptable and a definite ‘no-go’ for anybody to be taking sexual advantage of and forcing desperate Iraqi women to prostitution. He said that as American soldiers we were sent to Iraq (news – web sites) to do good and not exploit poor Iraqis that are trying to survive.”
So…who’s seen Casualties Of War?
