Hey, none of THEIR kids are in the military, and deserters are shot. Why bother treating the ones y

[theweaselking]

Bush administration fights court verdict in favour of tortured veterans, arguing that since "no amount of money would be enough", no money should be given.

The case abounds with ironies. It pits the U.S. government squarely against its own war heroes and the Geneva Convention.

Many of the pilots were tortured in the same Iraqi prison, Abu Ghraib, where American soldiers abused Iraqis 15 months ago. Those Iraqi victims, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said, deserve compensation from the United States.

But the American victims of Iraqi torturers are not entitled to similar payments from Iraq, the U.S. government says.
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It's establishment of precedent. If you're allowed to sue governments that torture you, then you're allowed to sue the *US* government for torturing you.

Voluntary repayments to the Iraqis are fine - those are not legally enforcable. Allowing the vets to collect in American court from Iraq allows the Iraqis and Brits and Americans and Syrians and all the rest to collect in American court from the USA.

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[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

The current administration doesn't give a fuck about it's soldiers. They're expendable cannon fodder; more meat for the meat-eaters.

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

Remember Eisenhower having MacArthur and the army attack all those WWI vets, who were demanding their benefits? Same shit, different decade.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

I've been saying that those who lie down with the wolves may not cry out when they are devoured.

But this is fucking ridiculous.