I agree that the treatment of the prisoners was wrong and those that are responsible need to be punished. I disagree with the partisan tone that GUEST takes. And by the way, that is not the nature of war now- it has always been the nature of war. Are you so naive that you are surprised that people who fight wars become immune to what seems to them as inconsequential? Are you so stupid as not to recognize that Congress will divide not on lines of morality but party? It does not matter which party is in power, the Outs will fight the Ins, regardless of the issue.

I'm not sure what lessons GUEST believes we learned from "...Rwanda, the Nazis, Bosnia, and all the other genocides..."- care to explain that one? I'ma little puzzled as to what point you are making.