[TChris]

That's all this is really about. The ability to mistreat prisoners in the dark, out of the publics eye.

And by mistreat, of course you mean things like turning the air conditioner up too high, touching the Quran without being Muslim, playing loud music, having pretty ladies strut around in their underwear, etc., right? Because those are the sort of things that will be curtailed by regulations like this. Not real abuse, which is already against the rules, and which is already punishable by court martial.

These rules will be abused to the detriment of this country! WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

War is about hurting your enemy! WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

Nobody has ever produced evidence of actual torture! Not at Abu Ghraib; not anywhere else. WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

The interrogation techniques that have been used have proven effective, saving many innocent lives. Humiliation, intimidation and fear are not torture!

Since this concept seems to be lost on you, here are some examples of real, documented cruelty and torture:

• Intentional freezing / hypothermia
• Intentional infection with fatal disease
• Surgical experiments
• Starvation
• Sterilization
• Mutilation
• Dismemberment
• Splinters under fingernails
• Broken glass in urethra
• Water torture
• GET THE IDEA?

There is no evidence of torture at Abu Ghraib, nor at any other American-run facility.

[spunkets]

" There is no evidence of torture at Abu Ghraib, nor at any other American-run facility."

BS! Beatings, stompings, storing people in their own filth aren't torture? Congress and the DOD have photos and info that wasn't released, that a fed judge just ordered released. They are images that document torture genius!

detriment of the country, save lives, for the children, blah, blah, blah...

JUST DON'T MISTREAT THE PRISONERS, OR YOU"LL GO TO JAIL.

[hocndoc]

I'm sure it's "degrading" for these men to have women guards.