(Blogged by Brad from the road…)

“People were — they were saying he was a walking dead man, he was walking around with a bullseye on his head. It was scary.”

So said Maxine Carroll, the sister-in-law of Army reservist Spc. Joseph M. Darby on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last Monday about her brother-in-law and sister now in protective military custody. Somewhere.

Carroll doesn’t know where her sister and brother-in-law Darby are now. For their own protection. Due to the many death threats he’s received.

What did Darby do to bring such threats upon himself? He tipped off investigators to the abuse by his fellow soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison.

Mind you, he didn’t tell the media. He told military investigators about what was going on.

Darby would seem to be a very courageous and upstanding American to do what he did, turning in criminals who were damaging our efforts to win the peace in Iraq.

So seriously, who would put a “bullseye” on such a man’s head? Who would threaten such a person with death?

I’d not think that terrorists, like al-Qaeda would do so. After all, it’s arguable that folks sympathetic to their cause might have found the confirmation they were looking for in the photos that subsequently came out of Abu Ghraib.

I don’t think Democrats or supporters of John Kerry would threaten Darby, given that the scandal only served to help support their argument that this war was being run irresponsibly, chaotically, and without the necessary resources.

So really, all bias aside, in all reality, what sort of people would do such a thing? What sort of people would stoop so low? Who’s supporters would possibly be interested in threatening the life of the brave Army Spc. Joseph M. Darby?!