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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
Lets not forget that these soldiers are also reservists, not your full time active duty military. While they may have recieved basic instruction, they aren't subject to the full POW training that active duty troops recieve. At least not that i'm aware of.
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You're absolutely right on this point. The general officer who was in charge of several prisons pointed that out. Although one of the soldiers interviewed is a corrections officer (In KY maybe) and should have known better -- even he said he asked for instructions and didn't get them.
It might in instructive to ask why they didn't get instructions, especially after the huge problem we had during the first Mid-East war with the number of prisoners we didn't expect. A lesson overlooked, I guess.