I'd blame that more on the lack of proper forces for the invasion of Iraq. He and his unit were trained as artillery, never being schooled in the finer points that we have to deal with as infanty.
Was this a UCMJ violation? Probably, was it justified, probably. On Nov 20, 2012 5:29 PM, "Judah McAuley" <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > And as for interrogation, West was not an interrogator, he was not trained > in interrogation. He was a cowboy who decided that the information he > thought he might be able to get was more important than the rules. > > He got off easy. > > Judah > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:18 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > He got beat because he went for a weapon. Popping off a round near him > > isn't torture. Cops in the US have done similar things, and actually > have > > much more leeway when dealing with prisoners than we do. > > > > Making him think something isn't illegal. The cops use it al the time > and > > it's been found that lying and threatening are protected. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > It means that guy got detained, beaten, threatened and was made to > > believe > > > that he was about to die. > > > > > > That's Tim's version of "nothing" and I sure as hell won't stand for > it. > > > > > > Great way to protect our troops, torturing the guys that are supposed > to > > be > > > our allies. Hearts and minds, my friends. > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
