Rotten at the Top

The responsibility for the abuse at abu Ghraib lies at all levels of command, right to the very top.

Senior Pentagon military and civilian officials share part of the blame for creating conditions that led to the prisoner abuse scandal at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, an independent commission of U.S. defence experts has concluded.

The panel, appointed by U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and headed by former defence secretary James Schlesinger, was released on Tuesday.

Anyone who knows anything about the military knew this in their hearts, despite statements to the contrary from all involved and other commissions' results. Now the question is when will these senior officials be held accountable?

I'm hoping, but I'm not holding my breath.