Regarding the number of innocent folks "detained".

"The US military estimates it has detained around 40,000 Iraqis since taking over the country last year, although most have been released. Around 10,000 remain in custody."

I assume they were released because they weren't charged. Now, this isn't definitive, but from the interviews with tortured people who were released, one can pretty well assume they were not guilty.

"In hundreds of interviews with former detainees over the past nine months, rights groups say a clear pattern of abuse has emerged, with the vast majority of prisoners saying they were beaten, hooded, deprived of sleep and often stripped.

"In some isolated cases the abuse was much worse, they say, with detainees sodomized or sexually assaulted.

"One international rights group, Christian Peacemaker Teams, which has been operating in Iraq on and off since late 2002, estimated that around 80 percent of former detainees it interviewed had suffered abuse of one form or another.

"Are Iraqis being treated with respect and dignity and having their rights respected? Certainly not," said Vriesinga.

"There are very few Iraqis left who feel they have any rights that match the rights of an American citizen," he said.

"The US military is creating enemies by the thousand."

It ain't what we do, it's the lousy media for reporting it. If that were true, it would be the end of our country as we have known it. Censorship works against democracy.