[Billthedrill]

I have always wondered if the French who criticize Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib, for that matter, recall the little matter of the Algerian civil war during which their own methods for extracting information were not always exemplars of gentleness...

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

In the most egregious cases, they bound prisoners to chairs, propped their eyelids open, and made them watch Jerry Lewis movies.

{/sarc}

[Valin]

I have always wondered if the French who criticize Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib, for that matter, recall the little matter of the Algerian civil war during which their own methods for extracting information were not always exemplars of gentleness

Now THAT'S a very good question.