ALSBers,

Tom Zupanc has just accused me, on this listserv, of saying that 
*all* US soldiers are torturers.

I did not say that, I do not believe that, and it is not right to 
accuse me of saying it, especially after I clearly said in another 
post on this listserv that I am proud of my students and friends in 
the US armed forces and that the nation owes them a tremendous debt 
of gratitude.  I did say that *some* US  soldiers, CIA agents, and 
private contractors working for the US government have committed 
torture, a statement proven by the Abu Ghraib photos and reports 
issued by the US government itself.

I never used the word "all" in this regard ... not even one single 
time. There is a tremendous difference between "all" and "some."

The accusation against me is especially hurtful since my father 
served as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps in World War II, in 
South and Southeast Asia.  My dad's US Army service makes me and 
everyone in my family extremely proud.

Dan Levin
Minnesota State