Was the abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison worse than the torture under Saddam's regime?
86570
Comparative sufferring is beside the point.  Torture was reprehensible but NOT UNEXPECTED from the likes of Saddam Hussein.  Torturous abuse at Abu Ghraib was reprehensible and NOT TO BE EXPECTED from the beacon of human rights, dignity, and respect that is my beloved United States of America.
859105
Like the muslims getting prayer rugs and korans care of us dollars while they sling their body waste at our military men and women.Do our prisoners get lemon peppered chicken for their meals?Thats why it sickens me for people to think they are so ill treated.Shoot the stuff they did with the so called torture,my brothers did worse things to me when I was a kid.Good question.
5084
If you had a bully that was going to kick your butt.Then he hit you and it feels like being hit with a wet noodle.How would that make you feel?That's what happened in Iraq.There were so many people in the Iraq government trying to convince the other Islamic countries that they were the strongest,that they didn't know where thew truth was.I have known someone that had the same problem, never knowing where one lie starts and the next one stops.We(the World)were all lied to by Saddam's people.That's all the information we(the World)had to go on, think aboout that.
899735
If your homeless a night in jail is better than a night on the street. Just kidding.  But seriously, out of all the human rights injustices going on around the world, this is the one you chose to ask about?  There is genocide in the Darfur, innocent Iraqi's are getting tortured and blown away.  Honestly, call me when they start killing these people for being homeless otherwise i would say its a bad law but not a human rights violation.
240572
Anyone who doesn't like our government is free to leave.  That's right, we are still free, go to another country if you think it is so much better.  Our Criminal Justice System is probably about the best in the world. Is it perfect? No. But would you rather be in Saddam's prison, seeing what he did to people.  If I had to go to prison, I would rather it be in the U.S.  Have you been to a Federal Prison?  And NO they are not Club Feds.  If you haven't been there, you would not know that.  However, criminals are treated decently, which is better than most of the world can say.  And yes they are criminals, you have no idea what most of those people in prison have done, and continue to do if given the chance.
14451
This is not exactly a Law & Ethics question.  Nevertheless, no, Iraq is not bound for its own self-destruction, at least no more so than when Saddam Hussein was running the country and slaughtering his own people.
900898
No it doesn't look good.  And whats with the other answer, "Donald Rumsfeld letting this happen"  "Our boys should have never been jailed"  I hate Rumsfeld, but I have enough sense to realise he  had nothing to do with the raping / burning of a 14 year old girl and the murder of her whole family.  You think these soldiers deserve no punishment?  I dont care how bad conditions are in Iraq, not too many other soldiers raping and killing little girls.  Give me a break, are you crazy!?
868387
In the past, governments used torture chambers and flogging.  Now, they use psychiatrists and drugs.  It's basically the same racket though.
789887
It's much worse after. Saddam is evil. Everyone was afraid. When we invaded and captured Saddam, Iraq was a leaderless country. A very easy target and a logical choice for terrorists to occupy. Three years later there is still major upheaval throughout. \nReally, how can a country that has lived under dictatorship, know exactly what all a democracy truly means? Most of us who are used to a democratic republic don't completely understand. We need to begin our exit strategy soon. \nThere are basically three groups of different people living in Iraq. None of them can agree with the other two, nor do any of them trust one another to be fair and impartial to the rest. Without impartiality, and fairness a democracy is doomed to fail.
254264
Many. many people do.  Despite the abuses in Abu Gahrib and allegations of abuse in Guantanamo, the fact is that we can complain about that in this country whereas the same complaints in another country would land you in a prison worse than one of those.
903576
quote\nis it better to keep him around in prison\n\nAbsolutely not! ! ! Saddam loyalist with the idea of him somehow regaining power is a major source of terror in Iraq. Keeping him alive this long has cost the lives of many American service men.
245757
A jail that tortures people? give the contract to son of a bush and rumsfeld.
193336
Well Guantanamo is in Cuba (sort of) and there are the US run prisons in Iraq eg Abu Ghraib
865165
Dude, if you have torsion, trust me, you won't be standing, and you will know it.  Imagine the most intense pain of your life, now imagine it a million times worse.  Seriously.  i was shot in iraq, and it didn't hurt as bad as tortion.
645819
no way.  we are over there trying to be the good guy and help the iraqis and then they see that.  it makes them hate us and makes more enemies for us.  the prisons over there are supposed to be run like they would in the US, and that would not happen over here without a HUGE outrage.  i used to be an MP in the army and i am VERY ashamed of those MPs that did that.  it was wrong.
106906
It probably happens more often, but a lot less often than if the Iraqi Defense Force was there.  For all the issues that has been brought up, Saddam already have everyone beat when he was the dictator.  He killed thousands that opposed him.
348121
haha "the Clinton days were better!!!"  hahahah\nI guess the pres gettin some action is seen as more positive than a war.  Anyway, I want to know who Pres Bush has peronally killed or given orders to kill... anybody? *crickets*  Yeah that's right, that's what I thought.  On the other hand Saddam gave orders for thousands and thousands to be killed (ok allegedly, friggin PC nazis).  \nso to answer the question, the aspect I hate is blind ignorant bashings that are fueled by Kool Aid drinkers and the  liberal mass media, who will not admit that THEY are the mass media and the real sheep here.