More revelations abt atrocities in Iraq

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Too bad that courtesy isnt afforded to American servicemembers.

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Actually, if you watch ANY news channel, this courtesy IS being extended to them -- to the extreme.

To the point -- literally -- of refusing to even acknowledge that any crime *actually* took place. It may have "allegedly" taken place, but apparantly a crime scene filled with dead bodies covered in blood and wrapped in carpets is not sufficient to establish that something more than an "allegation" happened.

Furthermore, there is a big difference between saying that "a specific person allegedly committed this specific crime" vs. saying that "the act in question is only alleged to have occured at all". The presumption of innocence requires only the former. Politics and defense strategies are what gets you into the zone of the latter.

Toward that end, notice that almost every news organization in the country is taking the latter road, while Republican activists like Riddick suddenly rediscover The Gospel of Presumed Innocence (as rewritten by the Republican National Committee).

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And for the record, if it turns out they did murder these people, I hope they are punished to the full extent of the law.

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On that we can certainly agree.

The desire to deny the atrocity in order to preemptively acquit the soldiers involved, however, is a real problem for me, and that's clearly where Riddick is going here.


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