Ian Fishback (1 Viewer)

[jfuh]

How many ppl still remember whom this man is?
This is the Army Captain that blew the whistle on prisoner abuse in Iraq.

The West Point creed, "Duty, Honor, Country," is constantly recited but hard to find exercised in the fog of war. Army Captain Ian Fishback's singular stand—after witnessing prisoner abuse in Iraq, he cut through the fog and upheld the creed's ideals—sends a shiver of respect down my spine. Unable to square what he knew of systemic interrogation abuses in the global war on terror with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's testimony that the U.S. already followed the Geneva Conventions in Iraq, Fishback saw his duty clear to question company and battalion commanders, lawyers and other officials up the chain of command all the way to the Secretary of the Army.

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A true hero of this war.

 

[cnredd]

The problem with this is that the Left and the media portrayed this as standard policy of the whole military instead of an isolated incident.

There were individuals in the military who were not acting in a fashion that the military should.

Now can you name another profession where this hasn't occurred?

I can easily point out a story where a firefighter started a fire(a couple of years ago with a wildfire)...Will you now vilify all firefighters across the board on page 1?

I can easily point out a story where a cop disobeyed the law...Will you now vilify all cops across the board on page 1?

I can easily point out a story where a accountant cheated while filling out tax forms...Will you now vilify all accountants across the board on page 1?

The problem is not only what the individuals were doing, but the response from many sectors of the public...

Instead of saying. "There are bad apples within the miltary that are doing wrong.", they publicly state, "The WHOLE MILITARY is doing something wrong."

And which "sectors" of the public are doing this?...You figure is out...

I'll give you a hit...Think "southpaw"...

 

[teacher]

A true hero of this war.

Myself, I'd pick that Army Captain who lost a leg yet went back to Iraq. He had a great quote in the news. He said, "freedom isn't free". He said he was going back to look after his men. That you post this says a lot about you jfuh. Exactly what I can't say upstairs.

 

[Scarecrow Akhbar]

A "true hero"?

Gimme a break, at best he reported some minor abuses. That's it. Big deal. If the media hadn't been starved for a scandal, if the New York Times wasn't competing with the National Enquirer for repsectability, and losing, the Abu Grhaib stuff would have quickly faded to the back pages where it belonged.

 

[Willoughby]

I think he is a hero. You can't let things like this just slide as unimportant

 

[jfuh]

The problem with this is that the Left and the media portrayed this as standard policy of the whole military instead of an isolated incident.

There were individuals in the military who were not acting in a fashion that the military should.

Now can you name another profession where this hasn't occurred?

I can easily point out a story where a firefighter started a fire(a couple of years ago with a wildfire)...Will you now vilify all firefighters across the board on page 1?

I can easily point out a story where a cop disobeyed the law...Will you now vilify all cops across the board on page 1?

I can easily point out a story where a accountant cheated while filling out tax forms...Will you now vilify all accountants across the board on page 1?

The problem is not only what the individuals were doing, but the response from many sectors of the public...

Instead of saying. "There are bad apples within the miltary that are doing wrong.", they publicly state, "The WHOLE MILITARY is doing something wrong."

And which "sectors" of the public are doing this?...You figure is out...

I'll give you a hit...Think "southpaw"...

It very much was policy of this administration, as so prooven by what rummy hand wrote along side documents and what Gonzales was trying to get through as legal when they tossed out the Geneva conventions. That is what started the problem and that is why we had the problem.
Had Ian not said anything about it to McCain, we'd still be in the dark today.

 

[jfuh]

Myself, I'd pick that Army Captain who lost a leg yet went back to Iraq. He had a great quote in the news. He said, "freedom isn't free". He said he was going back to look after his men. That you post this says a lot about you jfuh. Exactly what I can't say upstairs.

Perhaps you should stick with being in the basement then.

 

[mad_rapsody]

ok... you'll say i'm too young... but a Hero is one that knows how to end a conflict(war).:roll: