I have to say that this does put a very bad light on the U.S. I am ashamed of the actions of the few soldiers involved, and I hope that they are punished. This is no better than the actions of the people we are fighting against.

Actually, it is a little "better" (and I use the term loosely). This is just the actions of a few stupid soldiers being idiots. The Iraqi regime did this kind of thing all of the time either under orders or with the approval of the people in charge of the regime.

I also want to put the dig in that if this had been Iraqis torturing Iraqis before the fall of Saddam, most people around the world wouldn't have cared. It was quite plain over the last few years that "the world" didn't care what happened to Iraqis as long as Iraqis were responsible. It is only because someone from outside of Iraq is doing it that people are starting to take notice.