[F16Fighter]

"Rush makes mistakes, and I think that to compare what happened to a Yale frat stunt, or blowing off steam was wrong of him to do. Right next to his announcement that Vince Foster's body was in an apartment owned by Hillary (or something like that). God bless Rush, but he's erred here."

Rush whiffs every once in a while, but I think he still tipped the ball in this case.

It could be that Limbaugh's first impression -- and mine as well -- was that this appeared to be a case of abusive hijinks by some bored, tired, PO'd prison camp interns -- NOT torture and murder.

IMO, it's still debatable as to whether it's actually "abuse" or "torture," and the "murder" factor hasn't yet been proven.

In the context and scope of this incident compared to traditionally clear-cut cases of torture of POWs in Nam, at the Battle of the Bulge, the Bataan Death March, and at Gulags, this was a case of frat hazing.

[GreatOne]

Where I disagree with Rush is that by the time he made his comments, it was clear from the photos that these were not abusive hijinks by our soldiers/contractors. That's why I couldn't believe that he compared it to a Yale frat stunt. I don't think that hooding a man and attaching wires to his extremities or forcing them to strip and be piled into a pyramid qualifies.

I hope that it doesn't appear that I'm attempting to split hairs here. What was done was bad, but not as bad as other things done to us or that you pointed out. And it is outrageous that this is such a huge story - it's being handled by our military, so it should be a story for a few days, tops. But that does not mean, to me, that Rush's comments didn't cross the line.