And I see the word "atrocity" has been conveniently broadened by so many liberals, pacifists and others since these photos were released.
To see what the term "atrocity" really means, go find some photos of the Nazi Concentration camps, or view the photos of the four Americans hanging upside down by one leg from a bridge, after having been murdered and burnt to a black, crispy charcoal state by their Iraqi captors. Or view the photos of Iraqi thugs standing over dead American POWs who have their limbs torn off and their pants down. Or perhaps ask Jessica Lynch what it felt like to get raped and left to die on a stinking cott after getting her legs broken, her spine damaged and her arm broken in an ambush. Ask her how she feels about the death of her four comrades who were SHOT by Iraqis after their capture.
THEN GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR MORE REALISTIC DEFINITION OF THE WORD "ATROCITY".
Self righteousness should be one of the deadly sins..
Then, obviously, you don't see very well.
I think that's an easy enough reaction from the comfort of our living rooms --- but imagine yourself 21 years old in Iraq where conditions are miserable and you are dealing with prisoners and you and they full well understand if they had captured you instead, you'd be horribly tortured and killed, your body dragged through the streets and a crowd cheering. Imagine yourself faced with Saddam's thugs who despise you for bringing down their leader, a man they would do anything to keep in power --- it's not right what the some of those guards did --- it wasn't professional and there will be investigations done, reputations and careers destroyed over this --- but to really understand what took place, I think we would have to have been there.