11. Denouncing Abu Ghraib is more than just denouncing the soldiers
that participated in the abuse. It's about revealing the POLICIES that led otherwise good soldiers to do things that they would ordinarily NEVER do.
The Pentagon wants to denounce the individual soldiers involved and get on with it. It's not about the individual soldiers and what they did in wartime, it's about the leadership that encouraged and enabled such atrocities.
The atrocities of Vietnam are entirely analogous. Again, it's not about the soldiers, who are often victims of circumstance. It's about the leadership that encouraged and enabled the atrocities.
This is what John Kerry was denouncing. Not the soldiers.
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