Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

However, we must also be clear about the treatment of captives. If we are to expect any respect or propert treatment for our captured soldiers, whether in Iraq or anywhere else, we have the obligation to our soldier, to make sure that they treat captives properly. Because the simple fact is that when other countries see our soldiers humiliating or abusing prisoners, they take this as a license to abuse OUR soldiers. If for no other reason that to avoid having our own soldiers abused and tortured, this kind of thing needs to be stopped. Not investigated, not explained, and not psychologized away; STOPPED. NOW. If that means firing every Brass Hat all the way up to Rumsfeld, so be it. Because the simple facts are that stupid people are going to continue to do stupid things ( Like abuse prisoners, brag about it, and take pictures ) and it is going to continue to leak out; we live in the age of the Internet. Nothing is secret anymore. And as long as this remains the case, other people from other nations are going to continue to see our abuse of prisoners as license for them to abuse prisoners.