'As the shock of the allegations of the massacre at Haditha sinks in across America this weekend, one key question is being asked. If the stories of indiscriminate and cold-blooded killings of innocent civilians, from children to a man in a wheelchair, are proven to be true, how could the soldiers have behaved this way?
Nobody will be in the business of providing excuses for the soldiers if charges are filed against them. Yet, legitimate debate is bound to start on the conditions they were enduring in Iraq and how they contributed to a bloody rampage. And is there something about America's own culture - its attachment to guns - that played a part?'http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0603-04.htm
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