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"Yes, Mohammed the lawyer said that he saw an Iraqi soldier slap Pfc Lynch. That is certainly mistreatment, probably not torture, certainly not torture that caused her injuries. That slap as it turns out was very fortunate for Lynch as it spurred Mohammed to brave the perils that he did to get her help."

Sure sounds like you are giving the Iraqis the benefit of the doubt. Why? It is known that Gulf 1 POW's were tortured and who knows what they did to Scott Speicher. There were bodies of American soldiers at the hospital-none had been treated by the Iraqis doctors. Why were they at the hospital if not for treatment. One possibility is that Saddam was known to torture civilians at hospitals-why not POW's? We saw pictures of dead soldiers on the internet-they certainly looked like they had been executed.

I thought you were on record as feeling that the medals given to PFC Lynch were not really deserved-if I am wrong I apologize. One of the guys quoted in this article says, "the medals are an insult to the dead soldiers and an embarrassment to the living soldiers".

You stated I was getting my "jollies" by posting information (which is echoed in the dateline post) I heard from friends and family currently serving in the military that Jessica had been tortured and raped, that her terrible injuries were not from the humvee accident but from a series of brutal beatings. I never claimed proof of any kind (anecdotal).

You have to excuse me for thinking that given the Iraqis soldiers brutal history, that American POW's were not well treated. Yet, if you maintain the POW's were not tortured just slapped around a little in the heat of battle (I still think it's torture to slap or beat POW's) then you are implying the Iraqis treated the POW's well ie humanely. I hope this make my previous post a bit more clear.