Kelly Anderson (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA)
The American people have a right to know what happened, Why it happened and what their government did about it.
This is not an incident involving 5 young soldiers. This incident struck at the moral conscious of our nation. Two presidents have spoken publicly about this incident.
I present the facts as annotated in investigations, letters home, spot reports and a personnel account. Rumors also played a role in what happened at Abu. What was the state of mind of the soldiers involved? What were we going through? I look at the events that lead up to the abuse, from the combat actions...
The American people have a right to know what happened, Why it happened and what their government did about it.