The American solider get 10 year for his role in the Abu Abu Ghraib scandal. I get a call from one of my fellow warriors, a brutha I’ve known for well over 10 years.

“Man I feel sorry for him� he says……me…….I do not. Though you may hear people who have never spent a day in an American uniform say otherwise, no solider, no warrior is required to follow an order that is unlawful.I've heard people say "If Bush told you to kill your mother, you'd have to shut up and follow orders"....to this I laugh. You will find the people that know the most about the military are the onest that have never served.

In fact, it is the duty of each solider to refuse an order that he deems unlawful or immoral.

To do anything else puts America on the same level as our enemy. Just to give you some background here are resports from prisioner accounts from Aubu Ghraib prison.


"Saddam Hussein never cut corners when it came to punishment. Abu Ghraib once held tens of thousands of human souls -- criminals, political enemies, and those who just happened to get in the way. A 12-year-old Iranian boy visiting his grandmother near Basra in 1985 was swept up in an Iraqi invasion. He was still here 15 years later."

"I saw three guards beat a man to death with sticks and cables," one prisoner remembered. "When they got tired, the guards would switch with other guards. I could only watch for a minute without getting caught, but I heard the screams, and it went on for an hour."

"Our hands were tied .... First the left hand and then the foot. Then a black hood on my head, then they applied electricity."

Warriors fight wars, but true warriors fight with honor. And Granger did not fight with honor, in fact he spit on the very uniform that other have sworn to protect and died wearing. Dead is not the worst thing for a warrior, the worst thing is dishonor.

On at least two occasions I’ve been ordered to execute instruction that were just flat out wrong…..I did not follow those orders. Though it take courage, courage that a true warrior is supposed to posses. Granger lacked courage.

So no I do not feel sorry for him, he has no honor and God was watching.

PaRris