The following was written and linked to at the time that the Abu Ghraib photos came out in the first quarter of 2004. Though I continue to stand by my support for the Americans invading Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein (supported it what I knew then and still support the decision knowing what I know now), Bush at the time that the photos were published, I was appalled and thought Bush should have fired Rumsfeld.
Tim Bray: “Don't torture people.” I was—and still am—also in the minority of Canadians in favour of the invasion into Iraq, and the photos of torture coming out—with more evidently to come—made me wonder how stupid do you have to be to belong to the best-armed army in history? The actions of the GIs disgust me, not merely because their actions are disgusting (they are), but because they are counter-productive. The photos plainly show that the me—”and startlingly, women—thought of the Iraqi prisoners as inhuman.