One thing that bothers me about the one picture of Iraqi prisoners is the fact they don't look Middle Eastern and they are in great shape. Don't go there. Seriously. This thing has been investigated by our military since January. The Major General in charge on the investigation interviewed the perps, the victims, and the witnesses. If you believe this whole thing is a fake, then you may as well give up all connection to the sane world.
As for it being a "frat prank" -- ma'am, I've never actually known very many frat boys, but my understanding is that frat boys engage in hazing voluntarily, and that sometimes things go very wrong.
The prison guards used guns to coerce their victims. That's nothing to joke about.
I am not condoning what happened but if you think those people look Middle Eastern in that photo then I am shocked and why not go there?
I am not naive -- know it has been investigated but look what we are getting leaked photo's. I will reserve my judgement about that first photo until I see everything released because if they say those prisoners are Middle Eastern, I will be shocked. How do we know this was even one of the pictures -- heck some of the first reporting of a video was from a porn site?
What these people did was wrong but I still believe it is being blown out of proportion and our military and Administration tarred and feathered because of actions of a few. If they had hung the prisoners and drug them through the streets, then I would have total outrage!
As for frats, if you think everything is voluntary then think again!