watch the prisoner abuse scandal widen

[Guderian]

When I was commanding an army on the Eastern Front in WWII, we had to commit atrocities, because of all the evil that communism stands for. We had no choice but to ruthlessly slaughter commisars, communist party officials, and random peasants to ensure that the old regime didn't try to come back. We also had to physically and mentally abuse any prisoners captured, as a lesson to those bolshevik fools to lay down their arms and surrender, because if all of them surrendered there would be too many of them to abuse them all.

It's completely the same situation in Iraq. Just a little psychological warfare. Besides, torture is always a good way to take one's mind of the war. Nazi soldiers were notoriously stress-free.