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This post might actually get me hate mail, but that isn't my intent. Spc. Charles Graner was found guilty in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse case. Personally, I think this is bullshit, plain and simple. Why? He's a lower enlisted, he is the bottom of the "food chain" so to speak. His superiors knew what their guys were doing and turned there heads. This is not at all uncommon in the Army, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy isn't the only ostrich maneuver the service pulls. However, when it came time to fess up, the NCOs and Officers let these low ranking soldiers take the fall for them. Personally, I don't care if they abuse the detainees, they would be abused if taken POW, this isn't recess it's WAR! Killing people legally gives soldiers a God complex, where they think no one can tell them what to do, and getting shot at causes stress on a psyche most of us will never know. Combine these emotions/rationales and you have prisoner abuse. Try this: You are walking down Main street with your closest friend, when a shot rings out ans blows friend's head off. You capture the guy who shot him, but instead of going to the police, you have to keep him in custody yourself. Days and days of feeding this guy who shot your friend in front of you, looking at him and thinking about your buddy's blood on his hands. Would you be able to resist getting a few kicks in on him? How about if he had information on people trying to kill thousands of innocent people. How far would you go to save those lives? War is war... these people are trying to kill our soldiers, they are cutting the heads off our civilians, they are blowing up innocent people! Do you know anyone that died in Iraq? I know 3 good soldiers with families left behind, blown up by car bombs and improvised explosive devices. There is a damn good chance my husband will go to Iraq soon, and face the same dangers. I expect him to behave accordingly, do what it takes to get the damn job done and come home to us. The bottom line is this: A soldier's job is not to die for his country, it's to make the other motherfucker die for *his*. You do what you have to do. Ok, that's my end rant. To Spc. Graner and his family, I'm truly sorry... life's a bitch.