I've seen several of the pictures. What is the supposed abuse? One showed a smiling SEAL with a thumbs up next to clothed, hooded (and therefore unidentifiable) prisoners. The ONLY thing that suggests to me is the unlawful taking of a personal photograph. Oh, the horror!
Another showed a shirtless prisoner with blood on his chest. I suppose that it's possible that the SEALs abused a prisoner and made him bleed, but blood is not in short supply in a war for many reasons. Is the blood from before or after he was taken prisoner? Why should I assume the worst?
Maybe I missed the pictures that were EVIDENCE of the mistreatment of prisoners. Anybody know what the supposed scandal involves?
Exactly. There are so many possible explanations, which is why this whole "story" is just so bizarre. The guy with the blood on him could very easily have gotten injured because he resisted arrest. Or maybe the soldier popped him one because he was trying to run away.
Funny thing is, the AP doesn't seem to complain about the pictures showing dead insurgents, but a picture showing a soldier sitting on a freshly captured detainee and suddenly the AP starts using the word "abuse". Oh the humanity! It's like we're living in a parrallel universe.
Alice, meet the Associated Press. Associated Press, meet Alice.
we lost 51 marines in fallujah, and had countless others who lost arms and legs.
an insurgent prisoner is bleeding a little from the mouth, and the media is concerned.