I have to point out what sad, stupid people these soldiers are who committed these acts of torture. Even the KKK had enough sense that the Klansmen wore the hoods, not the victims. I won't pretend to know what the circumstances were (were they ordered to do it, or not, were theremany of them, or few, etc) but it seems to me that taking a picture of yourself committing a crime is stupid--and it should have been obvious to them that, whatever the orders, these were criminal acts.