This outcome is not shocking to any of us who have been patriotic enough to question this war:

A U.S. military report passed to the commander in Iraq on Friday found Marine officers failed to respond properly to conflicting reports of the killings of up to 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last year, an official said.

“The Marines will go through their day of pain,” the military official said, on condition of anonymity, when asked about possible disciplinary action against the unit involved.

A separate murder inquiry is looking at the conduct of the Marines present on the ground during the events of November 19.

The report submitted to General George Casey found failings in the “command environment” of the 2nd Marine Division after evidence appeared that 15 of those killed did not die in a bomb attack as the unit said in a statement a day after the events.

Now when will we find out how high up Abu Gharib actually went? Rumsfeld only has a few days left to respond to the congressional subpoena. Maybe we will finally get answers about that too. Sounds to me like there are problems all over the military and when the entire team has problems you don’t replace the team – you replace the quarterback.