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Originally posted by edwhit
But come on now. Throwing cold water on them? WHO CARES! Depriving them of sleep? I'm depriving myself of sleep right now. Some of those "abuses" are just pathetic. We are in the middle of a war. Get over it! Punish the bad guys no matter who they are and move on!
We admit our faults. Did the terrorists?
*Disclaimer*
It's really late and I get up in 2 hours for work. If something did not make sense I apologize.
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Well, see, the treatment was in violation of armed forces stated policy AND a violation of the geneva convention.
Perhaps you would like someone to keep you awake for three days with threats, then throw cold water on you, then perhaps leave you naked in a cold cell, then force you into an awkward position for hours on end.
I personally find this kind of belittling of the abuse of prisoners to be completely disgusting. Remember when Rumsfeld was complaining about Iraq violating the Geneva Conventions by putting our POW soldiers on television? As Paul Wolfowitz said, if our enemies treated our soldiers the way we treated Iraqis, we would consider it abusive and a violation of the Geneva Convention.