[sinkspur]

Are you serious? Holding a barking dog on a naked man, cowering in fear?

This couldn't be worse if it were Bull Connor turning his snarling German shepherds loose on blacks in Selma, Alabama, a la 1965.

There is simply no defense for this. None.

[oceanview]

ever watch COPS? are you kidding me? what do you think American police officers do with those german shepards when they find a perp resisting arrest?

I had a co-worker who was knocked to the ground (deliberately) by a police horse in NYC doing crowd control. they use the horses in that manner all the time.

[TomGuy]

As I understand it, the photo shows the dogs nearby. All we have of the 'attack' is Hersh's story which is based on supposition.

Apparently, the actual attack did NOT get photographed--only the before (dogs in proximity) and after (prisoner laying on floor with apparent bleeding 'wound').

[Southack]

"This couldn't be worse if it were Bull Connor turning his snarling German shepherds loose on blacks in Selma, Alabama, a la 1965. There is simply no defense for this. None."

I agree. The criminals who engaged in those acts must be punished...harshly.

...But Bull Conner was in Birmingham.

[oldngray]

Having been around the military a bit, it is very difficult for me to believe that some or most of this was not known and condoned by some who were/are high in the chain of commmand. If it was not known it is pure negligence and incompetence and that alone makes them guilty.

One who may not fall but who certainly has a great deal of responsibility for oversight is the General (can't remember her name) who ran the MP Brigade with no discipline, none. The troops did whatever they desired, no saluting, no respect for seniors, lowest enlisted ranks calling field grade officers by their first names, etc.

I won't be surprised at what comes out but my heart goes out to the troops in the field who will take the brunt of the backlash (effect from the libs and media in the US).

In my view, we no longer understand how to wage war.

[TheCrusader]

"Are you serious? Holding a barking dog on a naked man, cowering in fear? --- There is simply no defense for this. None."

Ever occur to you that dogs are kept in POW camps for a good reason? This man was probably threatening the guard, or perhaps tried to escape. He could have been totally uncooperative with the guard. Maybe he even hit an MP. "Every picture tells a story", but only a moron will conclude any story before he knows all the facts that occurred before and after the picture.

[F16Fighter]

"This couldn't be worse if it were Bull Connor turning his snarling German shepherds loose on blacks in Selma, Alabama, a la 1965.

There is simply no defense for this. None"

German Sheperds were "snarling" at innocent American citizens -- sanctioned by the local gub'ment;

There may be "no defense for this," but Peoria ain't going to lose sleep over murderous Iraqi thugs having a few problems with the prison accommodations -- despite the CNN talking heads continual insistance that this is somehow 'Dachau 2004.'