> That's not an excuse, though. It's an explanation. But
> nobody coerced her to do those things, and she knew,
> or should have known, that they were terribly wrong.
If you don't think she was coerced you obviously have never served in Uncle Sam's military machine. The coercion starts the first day you arrive in boot camp (If not in the recruiters office) and never lets up.
John Thornton