] "If they're in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners --
] they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're
] insurgents," said Inhofe, a conservative from Oklahoma.
] "Many of them probably have American blood on their
] hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of
] those individuals."

And by "a conservative from Oklahoma," they mean a Republican Senator. This isn't some hate filled politically driven talk show host saying these remarks. This is a Representative of the American people in the highest house of the Congress, telling the world the torture inflicted at Abu Ghraib was justified,and dehumanizing the victums as people not worthy of basic human rights.

That is a scary and chilling statement. It explains the reactions and drive of our government in this war. Its a war against against people they aren't even acknowledging as people deserving human rights. This is fanaticism without religion! Now, remembering how last week Rumsfeld seemed far more concerned that the pictures were leaked than what they depicted, ask yourself this: Do you think the very senior government offical truely feel "sorry" about the mistreatment? No, as the Senator himself has shown, members of the government view even the enemies in the Iraq war as "terrorists" and Rumsfeld already stated that Terrorists will not be treated as normal captives.

Decius called it about a week ago. We are starting to justify our actions, and possibly the war, by dehumanizing our enemies. The scary thing is when the public starts to buy into it.

GOP senator - Why are we so concerned about treatment of terrorists?