It's the world. It's the Iraqis. It's the Middle East. It's Europe.

The US is now in the position of a guy who says to a judge he only raped his girlfriend twice, not nearly as many times as her previous boyfriend.

As a matter of fact, he says, he beat up the previous boyfriend to keep her from being raped.

The QUALITY of the acts is the same as Hussein if the QUANTITY isn't.

It's more than interesting that the primary report on this was available in the Defense Department months ago, but not until CBS got the pictures did the Administration become incensed. Express regret. Outrage.

That's not the way the US does things, GWB says. Well, then, who was it? And what about Camp Delta? It is the way the US does things, judging by the things.

The reality didn't seem to bother them, just the publicity. The Brig. Gen. in charge was "admonished".

The guy who murdered one was discharged.

And the problem was "systemic", obviously the result of attitudes from the very top. CIC.

Arf