first off the Abraham story, and the violent parts of the Bible are all in the old testament (pre-Jesus. again for those who don't know this stuff). the new testament, or Gospel relates to Christianity, the old testament is there to let us know where we came form, mostly a history lesson. with Jesus and the new testament, came a new law. the religion formed from this new law is Christianity and it doesn't fit well with the kind of behavior many of it's aledged supporters are advocating.
as far as this-
Can you tell me why any of these soldiers would just for kicks kill any of these prisoners?
maybe it wasn't for kicks. maybe they where beating them because they where ordered to. maybe they were following orders and those orders evolved into dehumanizing the captives, and this led to punishments and abuses that went to far.
who knows at this point. and thats why we need this investigation, not for "election year politics" but because if you don't find out why it happened you can't stop it from happening again.
dropping the whole thing and wishing it would go away won't solve anything. banning cameras and stemming the flow of info from these prisons, just makes it that much harder to detect next time.
I thank God for the courage of the soldier who exposed the story, and the fact that he was able to have photos to back him up.
he's a hero and should be decorated for his courage.
ya, too bad we didn't ban cameras from the start. that way the guy could have been discredited, called a liar, and the abuse and murder could have gone on uninterrupted.
this process of investigation and exposure is distasteful to say the least, and very embarrassing for some, and it should be. but it's also absolutely necessary, that it be done, and be done as openly and publicly as possible.
