Abuse included use of lions, iraqis allege - Ex-detainees say troops also used mock executions - Two Iraqi men who were arrested in iraq in 2003 but never charged with crimes say that U.S. troops put them in a cage with lions, pretended to execute them in a firing line and humiliated them during interrogations at multiple detention facilities.
If this is true, it sounds to us like someone in the Pentagon skipped a crucial week in Vaction Bible School. Not to get all historical precedent or anything, but the last time imperial soldiers were putting folks in cages with lions, the imperial forces were Roman and the victims were Christians. The stories of the bravery of Christian martyers turned out to be good PR for the members of the annoying jesus cult (as the Romans saw them), so good that eventually the Christians won. We don’t believe this war is a clash of civilizations – but, if you’re a Christian, Americans don’t come out so well in this analogy. What’s more, some jihadi do think of this war as a clash of civilizations, and from their point of view, the Dark Lord (who is the father of a lesbian)'s torture tactis are helping the cause.
