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What I always thought was interesting... what took place in Abu Garaib is the BEST that American PoWs can hope for if captured by the enemies.
Why is it only Americans that ever are accountable for these things? Where were these lawyers when Saddam "lost" an American pilot? We found his uniform in the PoW camp, well, parts of it but he was "never there". Being stripped naked isnt all that horrible considering the alternative of severe beatings, electrocution (instead of just wiring it up as a threat), and obvious torture to death in this case.
Where were these lawyers after Korea when dozens if not hundreds of Americans were put to death? Where were they when in Vietnam our pilots were hung from their arms until they became so disfigured that they could never fly again? Where were they when the Vietnamese used the bamboo torture? water torture? or simple public execution?
Hold us accountable? Fine, but dont make it a one way street. Say what you want about the moral high ground, but to leave our own soldiers out to hang by a foreign country after we (yes the majority of the country) supported their being called to do horrible things. Now you can say you never supported it but that's irrelivant now isnt it?
Anyways these people are not soldiers under the LAW. They are not uniformed, they are not distinguishable between the civilians. Under the law they are treasonous. They are the same as the Werewolves of Germany in WWII (do some history searching). We executed them on sight and guess what? It was legal.
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