American Psychos 

American Psychos

Matt Bivens [link=]comments[/link] on the revelations of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners and asks why we are shocked by this when our government has openly acknowledged that we have been using questionable tactics to get prisoners to talk in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Gitmo. A WaPo article revealed this about a year or so ago. I remember reading the Post article and being outraged and wanting to comment about it somehow, but being unable to put it into words that would get through to people that this is wrong. The difference is the pictures. You can't look at these pictures and believe that this is acceptable behavior for Americans to engage in. Well, unless you're Rush Limbaugh and similar slime.