I concur that they are disturbing.

However, and not to excuse the actions, I believe we have not gotten the complete story. Like in any trial, we see the end result as it is presented by the media. What we have not seen is the evidence that may make this a lapse of judgement, a wide spread problem or something far more serious. Until the facts are in, I would like to withhold final judgment.
Until we know what exactly happened there, we can not pass judgement. It is the same situation as in the two Texas murder trials against two mothers (Yates and one other) both of whom killed their children. The end result is horrific, one however was found not guilty by reason of insaity, the other wasn't. We have not seen or heard all the evidence to those cases and can only speculate as far as these incidents go...

As clarification: I do believe in human rights and that the dignity of a human being is untouchable, the geneva convention and the rules governing each country I chose to live in.

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