An American soldier, Lt. Colonel William Steele (that sounds like the name of a Tom Clancy character), is standing trial for aiding the enemy during the time that Saddam Hussein was held in a prison under his control. What exactly did Steele do that was so horrible? He provided Cuban cigars and hair dye to Saddam while he was incarcerated. Okay, so he gave mobile phones to other detainees (”He said he just wanted to order pizza!”), but I find the bits about Saddam kind of funny. I fail to see how cigars and dye can be a breach of security.
Anyways, if Steele is convicted, especially of the major charges, he could spend life in prison. It really makes you wonder, though. What kind of jail time do you risk in helping a former dictator keep up appearances?
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Seeing Saddam all gray and old sure helped my morale.
Yeah, the cigars and dye stuff is funny, but the cellphones…that’s just dangerous.
Seriously.
I agree. You’d either have to be extremely gullible or dead certain that you know you’re aiding potential threats. Either way, you shouldn’t be in command of military prisons, especially not two at one time.
Back in the screwed-up mountain town where my family lives, there’s an attorney whose forte is personal injury and denied Social Security claims. His name: Will Steele! I find this thoroughly apropos and I think even he’s aware of his own scheisterdom. (His billboards and office are decorated with cartoon sharks.) Maybe he’d defend our inept Mr. Steele. That would have “Laurel and Hardy” written all over it!