The United States Military Academy at West Point yesterday [12-Feb-07] confirmed that Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan recently travelled to California to meet producers of the show, broadcast on the Fox channel. He told them that promoting illegal behaviour in the series - apparently hugely popular among the US military - was having a damaging effect on young troops.According to the New Yorker magazine, Gen Finnegan, who teaches a course on the laws of war, said of the producers: "I'd like them to stop. They should do a show where torture backfires... The kids see it and say, 'If torture is wrong, what about 24'?
To its great credit, the US military is actively trying to fix the legacy of Rumsfeld and his generals:
This is the first time questions about ethics have been asked during any combat situation, Pentagon officials said, adding that the questions came at the request of Army Gen. George Casey, the former senior U.S. commander in Iraq who recently took over as Army chief of staff.
With evidence like this, why pussyfoot? Let's just say it: Giuliani is not fit for duty, not fit to be Commander-in-Chief.
