Originally posted by sigma:
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So, what was the horrific we (read Bush, the military, etc) did this time?



There's evidence (photographs and military charges) that some American soldiers were abusing (torturing, even) inmates in an Iraqi prison.



I guess I would speculate this is not widespread. It seems to me the US took pains to set the tone that we would not torture...recall the LtCol that fired his gun next to a prisoner to scare him into giving info that would later save his unit. They prosecuted that very "borderline" case pretty harshly. I think they took pains in Gitmo, Cuba to be pretty humane given the circumstances.

I do not doubt some instance of torture may have occured (given the COMPLETE lack of rules our opposition was playing by)..just doubt it was widespread, high level sanctioned cruelty for crueltys sake..

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