[Professor S]

1) Terrorists are NOT covered under the Geneva Convention. The Geneva Convention SPECIFICALLY protects combatants representing a nation and garbed in that nation's uniform. Therefore Iraqi soldiers apprehended on the field of battle are covered under the Convention, but illegal plain clothes combatants that do not represent a sovreign nation receive absolutely ZERO PROTECTION. The fact that we respect the Geneva Convention in most cases is a priveledge we give these baby killers, it is not their right. In fact, these specifications were made in the convention so that those that fight in ways the terrorists do would NOT be protected, so the tactics used at Abu Graib do not even violate the spirit of the Geneva Convention.

2) What went on at Abu Graib is a joke. The only crime was that some idiot decided to e-mail the pictures back home so an eager media could blow it out of proportion. I don't know who would even be stupid enough to to ALLOW a camera in that place. Anyway, we are trying to interrogate these people who are FANATICS, and they hold information that can save lives. To properly interrogate someone you need to get information out of them, information that they do not want to give. Should we give them a cookie and say "please"? Of course not. You break down their spirit and basically reduce their self-esteem to a pile of dog crap. While doing this you do not let them sleep and make sure they are uncomfortable at all times. The when they are exhausted and believe they're worthless they will give you the information. Torture is not even a productive means of interrogation, much less a moral one, as the one being tortured will pretty much say anything at the breaking pojnt to avoid more pain. Just so you know, the information I am giving here was from a History Channel doc on interrogation tactics.

3) All muslim detainees, including those that we hold that were involved in the 9/11 attack, are given many priveledges including a Quran and food that is cooked and treated to Islamic specifications (in fact the meals that detainees receive are considerably more expensive than ones we feed our own troops). Detainees that have been cooperative have even been taken on boat trips and given BBQ dinners and other amenities.