Because you have treat them in the manner they understand and are used to, if you want to control them. They are used to being treated like the animals that they are.
That doesn't mean we have completely sink to their level. But "Nice" and "civil" is not likely to get the job done either.
That's not true. If you put them in a jail cell that they cannot get out of, there isn't much they can do. They are under control.
They are used to being treated like the animals that they are.
I don't think they were used to being treated in that manner, and even if they were, it should not have been at the hands of a "superior" country. Our whole purpose was to civilize the nation ... no, wait ... it was to get rid of Weapons of Mass Destruction. I guess barring that, playing with their genitals was the next best thing.
That doesn't mean we have completely sink to their level. But "Nice" and "civil" is not likely to get the job done either.
Get what job done? What did any of that nonesense accomplish?