I saw this on Drudge this morning and was appalled. It is absolutely not right and the people responsible need to be held accountable and court-martialed to the ends of the earth.

Unfortunately, military and law enforcement occupations sometimes attract people who are prone to tyrannical behavior, because they can use their positions as an excuse for such. I do not believe this type of behavior is representative of the military as a whole, anymore than I believe all lawyers are scalawags, or all doctors are only in it for the money. It's always the few bad apples that make the whole barrel seem rotten.

I've also been told that the stress of wartime can lead people to do things they would find unthinkable during peacetime. That certainly doesn't excuse such ghoulish behavior; however, I wonder if there are any steps that could be taken to prevent it. Maybe someone who's actually been in a war could comment on that.