I happen to have some family over there, and I'm out of an Army family So my scenario might come true, perhaps.
There's LOTS of ways to get information
Indeed there is. And if you think that beeing "soft-tortured" or drugged is any more humane than being photographed in a silly position with no clothes on, your relatives A: didn't teach you anything, or B: they don't know much.
The detainees are sort of different than what you're probably thinking about as normal people. Remember Mike Spann? Know how he died? He was bitten to death - they ripped his throat out.
And you're telling me that a soft spot in their psyche shouldn't be exploited, to spare your sensibilities?? Cry me a river.
You think I am objecting for humanitarian reason. Let me clue you in: I don't give a rat's hind-end that these prisoner's got badly handled and might have had their feelings hurt.
It's not about those prisoners. It's about us.
This is a Civilization War and this sort of dicking about only hinders that.
I've looked at your profile page. You like things that "go bang".
You ever serve?
Or are you just another one of the arm-chair commandos gloating over this?
Every Vet or service person *I* have talked to ( and i've talked to a bunch this week) is infuriated over what these idiots did. Our military is SUPPOSED to be more professional than this, and 98 % of it IS. These clowns just peed on that.
Then there's the "being in the field" ramifications, both for our troops and for any civilians on the ground.
What happened at the prison complicates things ENOURMOUSLY and will have both tactical and strategic fall-out. ( I feel really bad for that last American who got grabbed... that person is likely to suffer MORE and for a longer time because of these antics) There's going to be more of OUR GUYS dead because these idiots didn't have enough to do.
Then there is the honor, pride and dignity of our military and the fact that what these morons did reflects on them ALL, and they are P.O.'d about it.
England is going to be lucky if she lives long enough to get courted. It's entirely possible that she might have an "accident".