Torture "whistleblower" says most of his unit are "good guys"

kentuck

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Fri May-07-04 12:41 PM
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Torture "whistleblower" says most of his unit are "good guys"

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.darby03may03,0,3364515.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

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Bernadette Darby said she is a little nervous about how other military families will react to her husband's role in uncovering the scandal, but she said she is proud of him and would do the same if she were in his situation.

"It sickened me whenever I saw those pictures," she said. "Trust me, his whole unit, they're not all like that. The community is in an uproar about it, and it's just - they're not all sick like that. They're a good bunch of guys."

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pebbles1

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Fri May-07-04 12:48 PM
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1. of course not

but we dont want to say that here

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kentuck

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Fri May-07-04 12:53 PM
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2. Why ?

Do you have some preconceived notion we are not aware of??

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mac56

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Fri May-07-04 12:54 PM
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3. Please elaborate on that.

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BigDaddyLove

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Fri May-07-04 12:57 PM
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4. It certainly seems from the reaction to the Ted Rall thread.......

that many here agree that ALL of the American troops are scum; that this wasn't the work of 'a few bad apples'.

Post #1 is accurate.

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mac56

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Fri May-07-04 12:59 PM
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5. Define "many".

A majority? Hardly.

A vocal minority? Maybe.

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BigDaddyLove

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Fri May-07-04 01:01 PM
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6. Whatever............

I was fairly sickened by that thread and the responses it garnered.

"America sucks"......"Damn right".

Fuck that.

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mac56

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Fri May-07-04 01:05 PM
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7. I understand and agree with your disgust

if that were a widespread view at DU. I don't believe it is.

Unfair to tar all DUers with the same brush. Especially when asserting that DUers are tarring all military with the same brush.

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robbedvoter

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Fri May-07-04 01:18 PM
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8. I blame BFEE for putting them in that position

Of course those who participared in torture are responsible too, but blaming soldiers is dumb, dumb, dumb!

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