The reality of any conflict is that brutality takes over and becomes the norm. Oh but not in our army i hear British commanders and politicians shout. We are a thoroughly modern army that fights with morality and concern!!!!!! The powers that be would have us believe they are the military wing of Amnesty International! Colonel Bob Stewart Ex British Commander of UNPROFPR in Bosnia actually said on TV this morning in response to the allegations of torture that the "British army train their men to be aggressive but also to care about the enemy when captured" If we swallow this absurdity then we are all doomed to more wars and plenty of them. Well Bob obviously you did not get your hands dirty in Bosnia to make such a bizarre statement. As an ex Volunteer with the Bosnian Croatian army in 1992 i can vouch that such morality affects very few men on the frontlines. When you catch the bugger that has been trying to blow your head of all morning sitting him down for a cup tea is the last thing on your adrenalin soaked mind! The "we fight by very strict rules" old chap shit are yet more veneered words to make war acceptable to the general public. It astounds me that this "outrage" of doctored photographs is being debated. The reality is a forgone conclusion. Another link that the US army and CIA inparticular trains the majority of torturers world wide seems not to have been linked to the other US "allegations" of torture. I'm sure the Daily Mirror has some good motives given its opposition of the war but the downside of this is that governments and armies actually get to debate whether the world is round, when we all know it is. There are many who will be affected by this debate and whether they believe the photos to be doctored or not will have planted a seed that maybe we do really care about our so called enemies and that we are waging a moral war in Iraq. Yet another step towards the acceptance of a war that is (like most) barbaric, brutal, and illegitimate.