I think that if you read my entire post you'll see that I am in a "comparative" mode here. I don't condone any of it. As I stated earlier doing those things, stacking naked, on a leash by a woman, and the indignities, all are unacceptable behavior by American troops. And they will be punished for it. The guards behavior brings us down to a level that in some senses degrades us all. Fionn is correct in his assessment of what I was attempting to say.

Greg F - I did apologise - my apologies that you missed it. And your apology for your general nastiness was where? You and Lepus Rex spent an inordinate amount of time spewing vitriol that was deemed, in part, unacceptable by the Mudcat Staff. My personal apologies to you for responding in kind (kind of like the prison/beheading thing eh?) and my forgivness for anything I may have perceived from you and Lepus.

Let me say this one more time. Compared to beheading captives in a brutal manner the things done to prisoners by American guards was more of a frat house prank. It is still unacceptable at any level. Is that a bit clearer?

I take sugar and cream Fionn.

Steve