I just finished watching "Ghosts Of Abu Gharib" on HBO....and what I saw truly shocked and sickened me. I recommend all of you to see it. It's basically an in-depth look at the systematic torture (and murders) of Iraqis at that infamous prison. One thing I learned is that it was far from a "few bad apples." It was systematic and ran to the highest levels of government. The MPs there just happened to be less than discreet in their desire to take lots of pictures (for whatever reason). Had they not been so photo-happy none of us would know about this stuff to this day. Donald Rumsfeld and General Geoffrey Miller should be sent to the Hague immediately and prosecuted for War Crimes.
I just want to reply to anyone who believes times are different so it's now okay to torture people. Times have been bad before but we never stooped as low as our enemies. We were the good guys. Our humane treatment of the Germans and Japanese inspired them to become strong democracies.
Plus, torture simply does not work. The strong will resist and the weak will say anything to end the pain. Don't let shows like "24" fool you. It doesn't work and it makes the U.S. completely lose it's moral authority around the world.
Torture is sickening.
