Idiot of the Week Number 1: Private Charles Graner

"I was only following orders". To me, that echoes the defense strategies of Nazis following the Second World War when they were tried for atrocities. That an American soldier would do such heinous things to prisoners, and then try to deny his responsibility by claiming he was told to do it just boggles the mind.

If you look at the photos, that is not the face of a man who is merely obeying his superiors. He was enjoying humiliating the Iraqis in his control at Abu Grahib prison. And if it were merely a "softening up" exercise prior to interrogation (which I don't believe for a second), why take pictures? That is sadism, pure and simple.



And following his conviction, when asked if he felt any remorse, his response was, "No, ma'am". It's no wonder Americans are not well-liked outside the United States with men like that as examples.