The soldiers who were not participating are just as guilty as those who did. These acts are not what America prides itself on and not what my idea of America is. Strong leadership probably could have prevented the problem or at the least kept it from getting to the point that it did. If the officers in charge of the prison would have recognized that something was going wrong and put an end to it the problem could have been solved there. When a soldier transferred in and saw that the soldiers there were abusing their powers they could have reported it and maybe the abuse would have ended. Strong leadership does not always mean the top person does something sometimes it means that the person at the bottom must step up and fix the problem. At Abu Ghraib, there was not any strong leadership. At Abu Ghraib prison, many people’s lives were changed. Some soldiers were sentenced to prison, some officers were demoted, and the prisoners lost their dignity. When people and soldiers are placed in difficult and stressful situations they will make grave mistakes, but that does not excuse their
The soldiers who were not participating are just as guilty as those who did. These acts are not what America prides itself on and not what my idea of America is. Strong leadership probably could have prevented the problem or at the least kept it from getting to the point that it did. If the officers in charge of the prison would have recognized that something was going wrong and put an end to it the problem could have been solved there. When a soldier transferred in and saw that the soldiers there were abusing their powers they could have reported it and maybe the abuse would have ended. Strong leadership does not always mean the top person does something sometimes it means that the person at the bottom must step up and fix the problem. At Abu Ghraib, there was not any strong leadership. At Abu Ghraib prison, many people’s lives were changed. Some soldiers were sentenced to prison, some officers were demoted, and the prisoners lost their dignity. When people and soldiers are placed in difficult and stressful situations they will make grave mistakes, but that does not excuse their