watch the prisoner abuse scandal widen

[KevinTheOmnivore]

I thought Thomas Friedman's Op/Ed in today's Time's hit it on the head: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/opinion/06FRIE.html

I know that tough interrogations are vital in a war against a merciless enemy, but outright torture, or this sexual-humiliation-for-entertainment, is abhorrent. I also know the sort of abuse that went on in Abu Ghraib prison goes on in prisons all over the Arab world every day, as it did under Saddam — without the Arab League or Al Jazeera ever saying a word about it. I know they are shameful hypocrites, but I want my country to behave better — not only because it is America, but also because the war on terrorism is a war of ideas, and to have any chance of winning we must maintain the credibility of our ideas.