Flutterby™! : heroes

Especially in light of the revelations that the prisoner conditions at Abu Ghraib aren't necessarily the exception and that they're hanging some enlisted guy first, I think it's important to note that there are a few heroes in this situation. Sgt Stryker points out a few of them, notably the unit that originally ran the prison:

"There was one incident when we were asked to keep detainees awake, to wake them up with metal drums. We said, `Absolutely not.' I stopped them from doing it," said Armstrong, a 37-year-old child protective services worker from Las Vegas.

But, more importantly, the person who brought the abuses at Abu Ghraib to light, Specialist Joe Darby. This is a guy who certainly risked his career, probably his life, to point out that things were wrong, and who will probably have to watch his back for at least the rest of his time in the military because he spoke out when wrong was being done.