In the aftermath of a very surprising court-martial of LTC Steven L. Jordan, 51, of Fredericksburg, VA, it has been determined that no US Army officers were involved in the national disgrace at Abu Ghraib.

That’s right. Those rotten dirty E3s, E4s and E5s (many of them in fact reservists) cooked up the entire conspiracy all by their lonesome selves. They, and they alone caused this disgusting spectacle of men with panties over their heads being softened up for interrogation by war-trained dogs snapping at their testicles, and women throwing used menstrual pads at their faces. This small coterie of EM have blackened and shamed the United States among the community of nations.

We have the only army in the world where lower-ranking EM can make and conduct policy without commissioned officer supervision.

The Armchair Generalist, unsurprisingly, has a great take on the travesty that Military Justice has become in the Age of Bu$h:

I'm really trying to wrestle with this in my mind. I've had so many military officers explain to me that I'm responsible for the actions and well-being of the men and women who might be serving under me. How exactly did a panel of colonels decide that, suddenly, none of that applies anymore? Where's the accountability? In today's follow-up article, Jordan says that he plans to stay in the active duty Army.

“Brig. Gen. Louis Weber, the president of the jury, said his impression from the trial was that Jordan is ‘a superb leader and officer." Referring to the abuse-related charges, he added: "From my perspective, the evidence that was presented didn't support the allegations.’ ”

A world sneers in disgust and turns its back on the United States in the Age of Bu$h.