[mburbank]

"You really think that's some US Army policy, that was part of the job interviews with outside contractors ?? "

Here's what I think the policy was.
"Do what ever you think will make these guys miserable. Whatever it takes, got me? Use your imagination, no ones looking. Just make sure these guys are in the mood to cooperate when we get them. "

Do you think if Lindy and her boyfriend had any inkling what kind of trouble they'd be in, they'd havce taken pictures? I'm not suggesting a speciffic policy of 'stack 'em naked in pyramids of exactly nine, and make sure that guy gets those womens pnaties on his head, we requistioned a box of the right size, it's all regulation" I am suggesting an officially sanctioned atmosphere of free for all without supervision or consequences.

At VERY BEST I'm suggesting a level of incompetence in supervsion and policy that allows for a free for all, and conspiracy or not, I think that reaches a little higher thn privates and specialists.

And , Acdxcpgrhstgf, your pathology is still showing. You're still using words like 'frat' and 'prank' and then saing 'now I'm not saying frats and parnks aren't very. very bad.'

Do you read the papers? The red cross says 'widespread' and 'pattern' over and over. They say we killed people, we raped women and we watched while Iraqi guards raped boys. How long before it turns out those Iraqi gurds used to work at the same prison doing the same thing for Sadaam? They say 90% of our detentions were mistakes, without merit.

Are murder and rape 'pranks'? Okay, I get you think I'm overreacting. hat sort of reaction do you think would be appropriatte? nd for the record, I totally agree with Helm. This is the most gratuitous horror of this war, but hardly the most outraageous.