I wonder if the soldiers charged with abusing those prisoners will be charged with war crimes?

And how severly were they really abused? Given, our cultures are significantly different - stripping someone naked isn't a big deal to us in America, but to the Muslims it's quite a big deal. I've always thought of torture as inflicting physical pain or maiming.

Sounds to me like there's been quite a coverup going on, and understandably so. But it begs the question of the soldiers involved, "What the hell were you thinking?!"

On a sad sidenote, one of the accused was recently sent home on maternity leave. Getting pregnant in a war zone? Lucy, you got some splainin' to do.

My gut feeling is that the enlisted reservists will get hammored, and the upper chain of command will get a slap on the wrist. The OIC (BG whats-her-name) made the a comment last weekend that she feels the reservists will be made scapegoats out of because, "they're expendable." Ouch. That ain't gonna help the friction between the active duty and part-timers.