When the scandal broke at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq we were all horrified. Under no circumstances should such tatics be employed in a military prison, or any prison for that matter.
The difference is that under Sadamm abuse was wide spread, expected, and accepted as a way of life. Under the United States this is a crime, and this woman will be punished.
Yahoo News reports this morning that Lynndie England could get 38 years in a military prison.
I'm sorry, there are over a hundred thousand members of the US military in Iraq and there are gonna be some bad apples. And when we find them we punish them because they have broken our laws.
This woman's life is over. She's knocked up and about to have the baby of her freakish boyfriend who will also go to jail. And when she gets out she has no hope of being a productive member of society - no one will hire her.
Members of our military have to answer to a higher authority, and this women will pay for what she did.