Via Steve Green, we get a grim (and extremely disturbing) reminder of what real, honest-to-God, no bullshit torture looks like. For everyone who makes the comparison between Saddam’s depridations and what has since gone on in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib, this small sample really should put the equivalence to bed.

That doesn’t mean that we should excuse any American soldier or agent who oversteps the bounds of what we consider acceptable. Prosecution is the right answer in some cases--but there is no comparison between our camps and either Saddam’s professional torturers or the Soviet gulags.

PS- This fits the conversation well, too.