[Mr. Bird]

Mona's comments are right on the money. I don't give a crap, personally, if some Iraqi bad guy was humiliated. Indeed, when I ponder the fact that these people were in military detention (as opposed to some random Iraqi off the street), I can only assume that the "victims" had done their share of evil in this world.

The problem is exactly as Mona states it: in a war for hearts and minds, it does us no good to appear just as bad as any alternative. I say whoever took the pictures is guilty of a greater crime than the chick holding the leash.

[hopespringseternal]

The problem is exactly as Mona states it: in a war for hearts and minds, it does us no good to appear just as bad as any alternative.

Anyone, Iraqis included, says we are as bad as the alternative they cannot be taken seriously. In fact, if he has half a brain cell your average Iraqi knows all to well just how much of an improvement we are over the alternative.