Now I'm not calling for Rumsfeld's resignation over Abu Ghraib-gate -- hell, I was calling for it more than a year ago -- but I'm quite certain "superb" is not the word I'd use if I were his boss. And seriously, if one more person says this isn't how Americans act(r.r.), I'm going to scream -- have they seen a pro-wrestling match? watched Jerry Springer? spent five minutes in a correctional facility? walked through any given high school? or god forbid attended 7th grade gym class? Talk about abuse and torture.

I'm not quite sure what bothers Bush II more -- the actual abuse that occurred in Iraqi prisons or that it "damages" his cause. I guess God didn't tell 'em to do this, now did he?

And I'm not sure which bothers me more -- that even ONE soldier could stand by as soldiers commit the very acts from which we had to save the Iraqi people or that I have no doubt that this was inevitable -- and that any soldier is capable of abuse in those circumstances. I don't mean any disrespect -- believe me -- but there was an interesting piece on TV last night about a prison psychology experiment conducted at Stanford in the early 70's. Power corrupts -- but part of me believes the corruption is already there. Power is about the freedom to let that corruption surface.