tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post112917725390899339..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: Wrong, Major BobAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-1130655427706153632005-10-29T23:57:00.000-07:002005-10-29T23:57:00.000-07:00Well, for starters I wish you'd written me as well...Well, for starters I wish you'd written me as well...it's not like I am unreachable.<BR/><BR/>But, that being said, here I am. And so my counterpoint is this: The obscenity that happened at A-G, and within some units elsewhere, here in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, was and remains anamolous. I know that you (and Eric, for what it's worth) disagree, but although I don't enter the political tilts, I do contend that this was, in fact, an event conducted at the lowest levels without support or permission from higher levels. (It is to the unending shame of my profession that we did not Court Martial the lieutenant, the captain, the battalion commander and the Bde Cdr, at least for dereliction of duty; but that's another story.) <BR/><BR/>All of that being said, my contention about the development of the myth depends upon the fact that while abominations occurred to dozens, and more broadly defined, perhaps hundreds, it did not occur to the more than 100,000 who have passed through our hands in confinement. Yet because of what happened to 100 (a made up number), there will be the myth that it happened to all 100,000 (+), follow?<BR/><BR/>With regards from Baghdad,<BR/><BR/>Bob BatemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com