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Originally Posted by scout
You all are acting as if our troops just cruise around and pick someone at random and say "gee, let's torture this SOB". The people that was in that prison was enemy combatants. It wasn't like they was beat for information, they was merely inconvenienced a tad. Apparently, a few was beat or worse and the culprits that commited those crimes are being taken care of by our justice system. Hey it's working just like it was designed and intended to work. I just don't feel guilty or sorry for any of them because they are the enemy. If a few detainees are forced to get naked and it saves a few lives down the road then it was worth it and a very small price to pay. I may not be seeing the whole picture in a politically correct manner, but that's how I see it.
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Wasn't there a Red Cross report that quoted some Army Officers as saying that up to 70-90% of Abu Ghraib detainees were innocent? Iraqis would be in the wrong place at the wrong time and be suddenly swept up in large groups....there's always the "false witness" factor as well. Even if the number is far less, say 1% total, than the system is "broken as designed" and is probably creating more threats to our soldiers lives than it is saving.