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A point on the hazing of Iraqi POWs that I'm not hearing anywhere is that this is a war zone, and that sometimes steps are required to respond to situations that are presumed not to exist in normal society. Most of the incidents seem pretty clearly to be excessive and intolerable, but — the lesser point — some things, like actions that were taken in response to a prison riot, are at least mitigated by circumstances and should not be completely folded in with situations in which this was unprovoked and unjustifiable, and — the greater point — I would really hope that the result of this is not more bureaucratic rules that will unwittingly train our soldiers not to enforce discipline in situations and in ways that are called for. |
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