Why did so brave american soldiers brutally abused helpless Iraqi prisoners?
598647
I am an atheist but c'mon man, I am proud of american soldiers despite of all that. Please respect them, for them having sacrificed their lives for millions of others. And don't listen to a guy named George Bush.
991926
Because that is what cowards do. A shame that so many brave american men & women have died in a war that advances an ideological and financial agenda. Blood is on Bush & Co.'s hands.
1060614
well in iraq the people defending theirtowns are freedom fighters and  us americans are foreign invaders. it all depends on your perspective.\n\nfrom my perspective i see it as us soldiers (kids) being sent off to fight a war that they shouldnt because they have been ordered (forced, either do it or be put in jail) to. the iraqis are just defending their home and most of them that are fighting are probobally fighting because of our presence there.\n\nits a pretty messed up situation, but our leaders (bush) dotn care, they just want iraqi oil.
812008
I believe it is because they believe that some of the men will throw themselves in front of the women to keep her from getting hit just because she is a woman..forget the fact that they would do the same for any of the guys...and truth be told they can do a lot more to a female prisoner than a male...  \n\nAt one time there were more women that men in the Israeli army
750746
The liberals were squacking over panties on the head,dogs barking at them,and humiliation which is not torture.Hell my brothers did things worse to me than what the prisoners at guantanamo and gitmo went through.They are all for the rights of the enemy and all for strengthening their cause.Its a disgusting shame..,ask the soldiers what they feel about the libs and they make no bones in telling you that they are feeding the enemy.Its even more disgusting that they dont care.
102532
maybe those some "combative people" hates what the U.S is doing in Iraq and Afganistan from killing, raping, torturing prisoners, recently hunting children, ....... etc....\n\n\nNEWTON'S third law\n\n"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
893523
Your an idiot. We signed a peace of paper years ago saying that we would not torture people. Many countries signed the same piece of paper. We do this for many reasons, but mainly to protect our troops. Do we want others to treat our troops the way we treat them. Their are some grey area's but it is very important that we keep our promises.
375399
They were not charged because they are neither POWs nor criminals.  They are simply people who we have captured fighting us.  As such it would be foolish for us to release them and let them try to massacre more of our people.\n\nTechnically, under international law we would have had the right to hold a quick battlefield tribunal then shoot them.\n\nBTW are you aware the the EU investigated the prison at Gitmo and announced that they are better treated than prisoners in Belguim?
1037407
Our Forefathers never dreamed it would be abused so. It was meant to give you a voice not to hurt. Crooked and Selfish and greedy people are abusing it-with no common sense.
645819
no way.  we are over there trying to be the good guy and help the iraqis and then they see that.  it makes them hate us and makes more enemies for us.  the prisons over there are supposed to be run like they would in the US, and that would not happen over here without a HUGE outrage.  i used to be an MP in the army and i am VERY ashamed of those MPs that did that.  it was wrong.
670877
Abu Gharib is a prison used by USA now to punish the freedom fighters of Iraq. They abuse them, they torture them and they use all the tactics to take information from the mouths of prisoners (freedom fighters).
938667
A lot of the shame comes from the lack of morality of the troops.  They have murdered, raped, and torutured.  They even got drunk and shot the tiger to death at the Baghdad zoo.  :-(\n\nhttp://www.rediff.com/news/2003/sep/20iraq1.htm
433915
No, spanking's too good for them.  And don't the poor Iraqis have enough problems without being landed with all those dickheads?
1122648
There are a lot of armchair warriors over here who blather on at the mouth with this strong opinion or that strong opinion, including hatefulness spewed toward those with whom they don't agree.  But unless we have walked in the boots of those who have been there and fought, we will never know what kind of pressures these men and women have had to face.  Bad things are going to happen and bad behavior will most certainly happen in reaction, but you must realize that this is a normal reaction to an abnormal (highly!) situation.  What seems awfully fishy to me is this:   no soldier does ANYTHING without permission from a superior;  they don't sneeze, they don't fart, they don't take a s*** without permission.  These poor soldiers who stepped over the boundaries are being strung up and no one's  superior is taking credit for or being held accountable for what happened, including all the way up to D. Rumsfeld and G. W. Bush.  The really sad part is that the traumatized soldier returns and gets very little support from the g-ment afterwards.    Yes there are studies that show that certain stimuli will bring out the very worst in human behavior.  The Iraq war, or any war for that matter, is just that kind of stimuli.    What a stupid, tragic mess we are in!
193946
Thank You.  Some one had to say that.  There are to many people that take their freedoms for granted.  They don't understand that in other countries if we were to bash our country we could be tortured or worse.  Where has the Pride in America gone?  Does Amercias youth need a wake up call?  Do we need to take them to Iraq and Afghanistan for a week or two to see how bad it could be?  I am just as fed up as you are.\nGod Bless America and The Soldiers That Defend Our Homeland and Freedom
358054
Its happened ..really as recently as first gulf war...Iraqi American kid was visiting sick relative in Iraq and he was drafted and thown in the front lines.. I think he even had a Chicago T shirt on when he surrendered. He was REAL happy to make it to American lines ok and they were really surprised when they captured him.
860002
The US army is a mass organization that relies on volunteers.  When they enlist someone they get not only the cream of the crop but a few rotten apples too.  These rotten apples commit crimes in the military in peace time as well as war but it usually only makes the local news papers.  Given that there is a reporter every square foot in Iraq this crime was destined to be world news.\nLack of adequate supervision allowed these few with criminal tendencies to misuse the authority of a military uniform to commit crimes like this one.