War is hell. People do bad things in war because war is a bad thing. This doesn't justify it though. Just proves how weak human beings are.

That being said, I agree with TheAbominatrix on the differentiation in coverage. This is a human rights violation just like the murder and desecreation of the contractors. No one has the right to do this, no matter who they are or what they represent. This is just a matter of somebody getting a bit too big for their britches, and if the people were fair, everybody running the POW camp would receive prison time. They all knew about it, making them all accessories.

I love and support this country and the troops that choose to defend it. However, I'm human far before I'm an American, and it's only to be expected that my support will lag when I find that my first line of defense is behaving in ways they're supposedly fighting against.