"Here's to you, investigators!"

Oh Rummy, when will you learn? Apparently never, cause noone's gonna make him. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon's top brass were exonerated yesterday of accusations that they ordered, or turned a blind eye to, the brutal torture and humiliation of detainees at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Well that's just great. My problem isn't so much that none of the top guys were found guilty. I can picture abuse at Abu Ghraib without a direct order from the big guns. What I don't understand is why there hasn't been a single independant investigation into what anyone would call a devistating human rights abuse case. Honestly, you don't get widespread torture without someone at least hinting at it. It just doesn't happen. Perhaps even more disheartening is the utterly idiotic sentiment espoused by some involved with the case: "I don't need an investigation to tell me that there was no comprehensive or systematic use of inhumane tactics by the American military, because those guys and gals just wouldn't do it," said Senator Jim Talent, a Republican from Missouri. Great, just great. Maybe you don't need an investigation, but would overwhelming evidence do anything for you? No? Alright, just checking.