Another slap on the wrist...

while the rug we are sweeping the mess under gets lumpier and lumpier.

Col. Thomas M. Pappas, had operational control of the Abu Ghraib prison wing where military reservists tortured inmates (some innocent Iraqis, some were officers who were captured during the war, thereby making rendering them covered them by the Geneva Convention).

The Washington Post tells us that he is receiving a reprimand rather than being put on trial.

There is a reason he is not being court-martialed: "Army commanders rejected Pappas's repeated claims to investigators that the abuse originated in orders, pressure and encouragement by his superiors."

The last 2 paragraphs of the article: "The nonjudicial punishments contrast with a 10-year sentence for an Army prison guard who took part in the picture-taking at Abu Ghraib, Pvt. Charles A. Graner Jr. At his trial in January, Graner said a series of officers, including Pappas and Jordan, had ordered the mistreatment of prisoners.
Another witness to the abuse, Capt. Donald J. Reese, testified last June that Pappas was at the prison on the night that a detainee died during questioning. No medics were called, and Reese said he heard Pappas say at one point, "I'm not going down for this alone.
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So basically it works like this. Pappas ordered Graner (he admits this by saying he was ordered) but Pappas gets a slap on the wrist, Graner gets 10 years for obeying orders, and Pappas superiors who ordered him.....?

Well, at least we are better than Saddam. That's the line right? At least we're better than Saddam. You know, just like Belezubub is better than Satan. You know the routine, bad cop, worse cop.

Hail to the Homeland of the free and the brave sheep.