6.03.2004

Sen. John Warner and the Abu Ghraib Scandal

If this Salon article is right, and Sen. John Warner wants to get to the bottom of the Iraqi abuse scandal (which is not by any means limited to Abu Ghraib), regardless of politics, then good for him.

In my view, we owe this to the troops to find out how far up the chain of command the orders went, we owe it to the Iraqis whose country we usurped, and we owe it to ourselves.

Except for Bush-Cheney and the election, I've never seen this as a partisan issue. Lindsey Graham, GOP senator from SC, whom I've detested before, has spoken intelligently on this subject, for example. I'm angered beyond belief that some have turned this into a Democrat vs. GOP issue. Every American should want to know the truth.