The abuses at Abu Ghraib have become the focal point for much of the media's reporting, but there's another side to this story. Not everyone participated in the abuses and some soldiers actually reported them. Spc. Matthew Carl Wisdom is one of the soldiers who wouldn't participate in the abuses. He's the son of a Methodist minister who, apparently, raised his son to do the right thing. You can read all about him here.
Posted by jdmays at May 17, 2004 07:36 AM | TrackBackYes, thank goodness for soldiers such as Spc. Wisdom.
The name of another young American, Army Spc. Joseph M. Darby, is important to mention. He was the first person inside Abu Ghraib to report the abuse. He stepped forward in January 2004.
I still believe orders to abuse the Iraqi prisoners came from military superiors and that much of what occurred can be linked to our using CIA personnel and civilian contructors (most if not all being former elite soldiers in the U.S. military) to interrogate the prisoners.
And, still, just this morning I read another shocking bit of information from a government report concerning Abu Ghraib: Red Cross officials said U.S. military intelligence told them that 90 percent of the Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib were wrongfully detained.