This is simply stupid. There is no excuse for this level of stupidity, coming from someone who very obviously do not understand an iota of what's going on here. But hey, that's the level of stupidity that seems to permeate a good portion of this chorus.
So these guys are being humiliated. I'd say this is not random, it's not done for kicks or for "twisted fantasies", as another yahoo fancying himself a psychologist opined on another thread. This was done to save American lives, an objective seemingly quite unimportant to a great many people here.
Subject an Islamic fighter to this kind of thing, and you break his will - without breaking his head. That is why the Arabs are in hysterics. It's effective in the way it would be effective to force them on a diet of pork - it interferes with their place in the Jihad honor structure, and even with their chances of being a good shahid. And it makes them spill their guts, which saves American lives. Of course that's inexcusable.
Would you want OUR soldiers treated this way
American soldiers are treated a bit differently. Involving mutilation and the like. But of course, that is excusable.
Now excuse me, while I go puke.
Hmmm...might be a good way to keep the Shiite leadership in line - threaten to let Lynndie England hold their leashes for a week.