Originally posted by SuperGrover
two documents that come to mind... (nothing do do with being a liberal, right-wing, etc)
Uniform Code of Military Justice
The Geneva Convention
In reality, these NCOs and Officers have, by performing that acts as they have, actually added "more fuel to the fire" in Iraq.
Those who were merely by-standers or fence-sitters now have something to be outraged about and join the bands of guerillas who are attacking our troops.
We cannot take to the tatics of the regime that we just ousted and if we do, we are no better than they were!
It needs to be kept in perspective. They have charged 6 or 7 culprits out of 150,000 troops. If only our mainstream society had that ratio of good to bad. These people might all be guilty of violation of law, rule or regulation, but guess what, it is a matter for the military to handle and not a civil court and certainly not the court of public opinion or the media.
As to the UCMJ, aren't they being investigated and handled under that doctrine? It sounds that way to me from what I have been seeing, hearing, and reading. Yet the media wants it to play out in front of their cameras. Show me where they have that right.
We might have had a handful that have gone outside the realm of acceptable conduct but don't judge the whole on the acts of a few. Unlike the vermin we face we will take care of them in an appropriate matter. But as has been pointed out before and experienced by myself, some of what they are calling abuse (stripping down, hooding, and humiliation) is part of training that we have been subjected to. If a rape has happened that soldier will get the maximum allowable punishment, you can bet on that. If deaths have been caused by the prison guards those responsible will be brought to military justice. That is our way, it will happen.
As to adding fuel to the fire, those holding out and keeping the war going don’t need any fuel. We could be feeding the prisoners the best, letting them live in Saddam’s old palaces, and these fanatics would still be murdering those that get in their way. They have no government to surrender and it works into their style of fighting to a tea. They will use any excuse they can to keep their jihad (in the worst sense of the word) going.
As to the Geneva Convention (if these individuals are POW’s and not just criminals) there might be a few violations, but what does the Convention say about belligerents that don't wear uniforms that indiscriminately kill civilians as they conduct their campaign, and that use weapons that kill and/or maim other then combatants like the improvised explosive devices do? What does it say about the treatment of the remains of opposing forces or the treatment of the troops that they take prisoner? Have you forgotten about those bodies found outside the hospital where Pvt. Lynch was rescued or what has happened to the soldier snatched from the convoy? In combat a force usually doesn’t drag the dead bodies of their enemy for miles only to bury them away from where they were killed. What about the non-combatant civilians that have been taken hostage and used as bartering devices, any clue as to what it says about that tactic? What about the remains of the contractor security forces that were burned, drug around on public display, mutilated, and hung on public display for the press to show like trophies on a wall, what does the Geneva Convention say about that? Oh yeah, the poor Iraqis and outsiders don’t have to comply with the rules only us. Where is the outcry from the media and world on that?
I'm sure some police departments, FBI, CIA, and other nonamers here in the states have been doing it as well to no concern. 
US troops have taken to humiliation tactics with POWs - stripping them and making fun of their package, hooding them and hooking them up to fake wires, that sort of things.
And you know what? That just about says it all.........
And my bebe mama was over tonight and she feels the same way. Quote: "Those effers are over there trying to kill our Doug and I'm supposed to feel SORRY for them getting drug around on a leash???????"
The media, for the most part, currently is only showing what will make the administration and the troops look bad. Which might be justified for a couple of these people right now, but as a whole they haven't spent much time on the good that is being done because it won't garner them any ratings or sell their rags. They think the people only want to see the absurd and horrific. They have access to a lot more then what they are showing but have chosen to only display what gets them the most "shock and awe". They have judged and convicted those they think are involved without benefit of the process of an investigation and trial.
You won't see these same people campaigning to get him resigned over things like the military suicide rate and car accident deaths. These are still big issues!!! Not like it has ANYTHING to do with the upcoming elections 
I drew the line when they started referring to the soldiers actions as "atrocities". 