Punishment for some, but not all

Marissa Rankins

The memos have been released, but is it okay for us to not punish the people responsible? Especially after the United States has already punished some lower level soldiers. There is outrage over the fact that while they were punished for merely carrying out orders, the people responsible for giving these orders are left untouched. Officials argue that they just want to move ahead and not back. Well if these people are not going to be punished how do we repay the people who have been? It's unfair to punish some, but not all. I agree that justice has not been served, but on the other hand I do not disagree with punishing the soldiers. I just think that if the United States wasn't planning on punishing everyone involved then it shouldn't punish anyone at all. All that this is leading up to is an ugly battle. Soldiers are trying to appeal their dishonorable discharge from the military, which in my opinion, should stick. The problem with that is that they will fight to get everyone else involved in the same boat as they are and that is going to get messy. It will be interesting to see if a low level soldier has the strength and the power to fight this all the way.