Good plan there. Why do you think we have so many organized enemy forces surrender to us? They do it because they know they will be treated well.
Most of the people on this thread seem to think these idiots are heroes, but they aren't. They are liabilities to the war effort. They turned any lack luster terrorists in that prison into hardened supporters of the effort. They galvanized the efforts of those still operating. They brought those sitting on the fence to sympathize with the enemy.
Did they take any bad guys off the streets? No, as a result many of the prisoners in Abu Grahib were released.
Who took more casualties as a result of their actions? Americans did. The prison scandal was a lightning rod for not only the terrorists in Iraq, but for all entities who oppose our actions in Iraq.
They were the third string on the night shift, screwing off, and they got Americans killed. What medal does that qualify them for?
No individual of the UNITED STATES MILITARY has been convicted of "getting more Americans killed". Great byline for NPR hate Americans at any cost. Wonderful logic. If only we had never gone there. I personally met a physician from Iraq in Europe in 2001 whose family had been tortured, raped, and the remains were scattered in the street in front of his house. Subsequently, both of his sons were conscripted into the same vehicles where their mothers and sisters heads were. Leashes and panties indeed.
Bravo!