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(Attention residents of Palm Beach County: None of this is to excuse what these soldiers at Abu Ghraib have done. Their conduct was clearly wrong and taints unfairly the 99.99% of decent uniformed men and women who follow the rules and who are now in greater danger. Justice will -- and is -- being meted out against the perpetrators. That's what separates us from the bad guys. In the stinking rat-hole Saddam ran for 25 years, the perps at Abu Ghraib would be rewarded. That said, the hypocrisy oozing from U.S. media and Arab capitals is so thick, it reminds me of Kerry's hair).

This morning, before reading today's Two Cents, and seeing the moving photographs you used to illustrate, Dutchess, I checked on a ping to this thread: PHONY IRAQI ABUSE OUTRAGE SYNDROME . The article posted and the majority of the posts *up to Long Cut's Post #60 and thereafter* were disappointing in that they seemed to condone what these few soldiers did "because the Iraqis have done much worse". There are well over 200 posts, but I read them all, and if you haven't, please take the time and you will see most of our active military Freepers are embarrassed and outraged that the actions of these few are reflecting on our whole military.

Thank you, John and Dutchess, for the sensitive way you're presented this, and as usual, you outclass the leftist media who is loving every sordid detail of this circus. I pinged way too many to this post, but everyone knows that John's Two Cents are usually very humorous and tongue-in-cheek, but today John has hit a more somber and serious homerun.

"Thank you, John and Dutchess, for the sensitive way you're presented this, and as usual, you outclass the leftist media who is loving every sordid detail of this circus"

Yup, and today's calendar was about humor. And then I saw the name of the piece and I thought, "Geesh, hope he's not joking about this." And he wasn't. Well and good.

Yesterday's WSJ had a guest editorial on the poor quality of prison guards in the military and suggested we need more Democrats in the military.

"....No doubt many people enter the military and successfully overcome troubled lives. But it also occurs to us that increasing the quality of military recruits would probably help avoid future Abu Ghraibs. One constructive step toward that end would be for elite universities to drop antimilitary policies, so that the military would have an easier time signing up the best and brightest young Americans."

A bit sarcastic?