Be fair Gareth - you've seen the footage. Nobody is suggesting that they shouldn't show pictures of Saddam to demonstrate they had caught him. But showing him with the medic checking he still had his teeth, and whether he had fleas or not, that is another matter.

And why it matters isn't that it's rough on Saddam (big deal) - but rather that it undermines standards of behaviour which affect all captives, including those from our own countries. It's going to be harder to put on trial the bastards who do that kind of thing in future, because of this.