Torture is torture, evile and vile, not matter who does it and for what reasons. There can be no justification in my mind for such an act.

But do all of my friends in the Mudcat who have so visciously attacked the United States Volunteer soldier feel that it is better to shoot the enemy while hiding behind civilian clothes, burn alive the wounded, drag the bodies through the streets and hang the remains from a bridge.

I agree that it is reprehesible what these soldiers have done and they will be punished for this crime. My sons have friends in the National Guard and they were shocked to hear this and stated to me the puishment after conviction for this kind of crime is years of stockade time at hard labor.

The Iraqis who shot, tortured, and burned the bodies of American Civilian workers are viewed as heroes of Islam and blessed of God.

Truly a puzzle.

Don