Why I don't feel too bad about the 'abuse' of Iraqi prisoners:

[The Former DMiller]

First off, I don't think the Al Qaeda murder is being downplayed at all in the media. ABF isn't really making an excuse for it, he's just trying to say that it is something we have come to expect from people with no morals. I don't think what we did is as bad as what Al Qaeda did, but that is only because no of those prisoners died. We are supposed to be showing that we are trying to help the Iraqi people, and degrading them in the worst way possible according to their beliefs is not going to help our cause in Iraq, and I certainly hope those soldiers, and any higher-ups who had a part of it, are charged to the fullest extent of the law. Although many of those prisoners may have been very bad people I'm sure there are some who were innocent of any crimes as in wartime things can get confusing and someone's actions can easily be misconstrued as a hostile act. Again, I don't want to downplay what Al Qaeda did since it is one of the most horrible things imaginable, but they are a minority of the Muslim people just like those American soldiers are a small percentage of American soldiers.