When the Abu Graib story broke, thanks to Mary Mapes of Rathergate fame, the mainstream news media collectively hyperventilated. In fact, the venerable New York Times ran more stories about the abuse at that Iraqi military prison than any other news story in recent history. The allegations leveled against the US military fit perfectly with the liberal media's view of American soldiers and intelligence officers: that they are brutal, ruthless killers and torturers. Even Democrat politicians appeared to become unhinged with their vitriol as they pointed to media reports regarding Abu Graib and, to a lesser degree, the Guantanamo Bay,...