Jesse Spielman is paying the price for all of our collective guilt ...

God knows, I wasn't there and I surely don't know.

But the 100-plus years long sentence given to Army Private First Class Jesse Spielman for whatever his part was in the brutal murder of an entire family and the rape of the 14-year old Iraqi girl before she was shot in the head is, in some way bothersome. It's seems too convenient, too clean-cut, too ... I just don't know.

No one now is saying that he actually took part in the murders and rape of the young girl, but the US Army alleged he went to the house knowing what the others intended to do and served as a lookout.

I certainly do not condone the brutal actions that must have taken place on March 12, 2006 in Mahmoudiya, Iraq. I only think that the investigation and trial--especially of Spielman--were ... just too pat ... too convenient.

And the White House is completely without any smears of blood.