At 10:20 AM 1/14/2005, Joan Borrowscale wrote: > Hello Elizabeth - I have read your account of the Narragansett Indians..... above > Does anything change these days !!!!! Hi, Joan: If you are talking about terrorists, no. If you are talking about U.S. or U.K. troops, you better believe it. As a draftee in 1969, heading for Vietnam, I was surprised at the amount of effort the Army put into training us what NOT to do. Killing or torturing prisoners or unarmed civilians was strictly forbidden, and we were *trained* to understand that to obey a command from a superior to do such was to break the law and be personally subject to criminal charges, right along with that superior. And such charges *were* brought, such as against Lt. Calley and his unit for the massacre at Mi Lai, although even a casual observer would admit that incidents were too often swept under the rug. Now days, even psychological torture is actively prohibited. I can't imagine *any* of the major combatants in World War II even blinking twice at what went on at Abu Ghraib Prison. Today that gets you a court martial. I'm not sure the line has been prudently drawn; but I am sure glad we have one. Darrell former Sergeant, US Army, Vietnam - Bronze Star, Good Conduct uncle of SP4 Weston Goldsmith, 278th RCT, FOB Cobra N.E. of Baghdad Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/