I completely agree with sweet Asia. The only true fight is against your own government ,
and it starts by distrusting it.
I grew up in a communist tyranny, and remember we all used to look up to the US
as a place where "these things couldn't happen".
thanks to the last 5-6 years, now we all know they can and do happen.

and when talking about Abu Ghraib, it's irrelevant what the Iraqi government used to be.
my grandfather liked to say, your success depends on who you compare yourself against.
if the US really wants to be a moral standard,
Saddam is the last one they should brag about being better than.