I am an Infantry Staff Sergeant by trade, I spent my life in uniform serving this nation during two wars, the Vietnam War era, and the First Gulf War, I also served on the Korean DMZ, while it was considered a hazardous duty assignment. I am not as experienced in combat as the soldiers that have spent the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But I know the difference between a command influenced act, like what happened at Abu Graib where Major General Miller brought dog teams from Gitmo to Abu Graib and had his men show the guards there use these animals to intimidate inmates being interrogated. How LTG Sanchez knew about it, and Brigadier General Karpinski was the low officer on the totem pole that was help accountable for this was crime. How only enlisted personnel were court martialed and sent to prison for violating the UCMJ.
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