As much "humiliation" as those prisoners experienced, one thing that is likely to be true is that they will get out of it alive. Not true for those who never made it out of the WTC and Pentagon and the hijacked planes. I'd rather be alive to be humiliated than dead and not humiliated.
Again, not to sanction the mistreatment that may have occurred. The rules of engagement in this kind of action are clear. You don't mistreat those whom you have captured and are now out of the fight. Those guilty of doing so should face appropriate disciplinary action.
But I'll tell you and everyone else this. I'm getting awfully tired of the weeping and wailing of the international and domestic press and the opportunistic Rat politicians about these incidents. I'm keeping it in perspective. And those images of people jumping out of burning buildings and planes going in trumps any image of a prisoner on the end of a leash, or Saddam getting a groom job and delousing and teeth exam. They just aren't in the same league. These scum brought this war on themselves by attacking us, and if they suffer a little humiliation as a result then, well, it's hard to feel too much sympathy for them.