There's an element of speculation either way Doug. It seems to me more likely that the buck for what happened in Abu Ghraib should have ended up a great deal higher up the system than with a bunch of "individual members of the armed forces who were bad guys and girls," right down at the bottom.

But it's not "hopeful" speculation. I'd much sooner believe the few bad apple theory - it just doesn't seem credible to me in this case.
The same way I'd like to believe that this young soldier will have been treated humanely by his captors.