Quote: The Time Trust said: It's in no way a "non-issue," Wonder Boy. The U.S. holds itself up as a paragon of freedom in the world and values higher standards of living, such as civil liberties, human rights, and the right to be "innocent until proven guilty". The U.S. has always condemned the torture of prisoners conducted by other countries -- is it any wonder that the world will hold the actions of U.S. soldiers up to the ideals the U.S. espouses and see hypocrisy in action? To pretend that it is a "non-issue" is to deny the reality of the situation. Iraq is a basketcase, and it's only going to get worse.
I think we've already established in the "It's not about oil or Iraq" thread that the US doesn't hold any kind of upper Moral superiority against the world.
This incident does not prove that argument. But that Rumsfeld comes out and says to the media and the people shows that they admit it happened, and that something worse happened aswell. That at least, counts for something
