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I wonder how many of them tortured, raped and killed their countrymen at that very same Abu Ghraib prison.

Oh good. Your standards are now low enough that being 'not worse then them' is good enough?

Support of the mission in Iraq means nothing unless we only support the actions that further that mission, and abhor behavior like this from the few. I respect the soldiers we have over there enough to be sorry this crap has drowned out their good efforts. And I respect them enough to draw a distinction between them and these twits.

This is a war. These were not a bunch of boy scouts picked up for helping too many grannies cross the street. Haider Sabbar Abed, the prisoner who says he was "humiliated," admits that he was treated well until he and a group of other prisoners beat up a guard.

These prisoners were humiliated, and they suffered, and they were put through the wringer. I agree. These prisoners were also picked up because OUR TROOPS are being attacked by terrorists.

They are sending 13 year old children to die as suicide bombers, hiding in mosques, killing and mutilating civilians because the soldiers are too hard to fight. If our soldiers have to use extreme methods to find out where the next terrorist attack is going to be, or who is behind it, then GOD BLESS them.

The only regret I have is in how our PR is being handled. I agree that our troops are endangered now because the Arab press is using this to fan the flames of hatred. We could be playing the propagandists just like Al Jazeera, God knows there's plenty of photos we could show. The fact is, they use rape, mutilation, amputation and mass executions. We scare and embarass them. It ain't the same thing.