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markpkessinger

(8,409 posts) Sat Dec 13, 2014, 11:34 AM Dec 2014

From Washingtoon's charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1775

"Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]. . . I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time and in such a cause… for by such conduct they bring shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country.”

- George Washington, charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1775

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From Washingtoon's charge to the Northern Expeditionary Force, Sept. 14, 1775 (Original Post) markpkessinger Dec 2014 OP

That sort of thing is why POTUS said to LOOK FORWARD. HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #1

HereSince1628

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1. That sort of thing is why POTUS said to LOOK FORWARD.

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Sat Dec 13, 2014, 11:41 AM

Dec 2014

History just lays waste to US justifications for torture.

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