Two wrongs DO make a right...

Today, Saddam Hussein, himself, had the opportunity to cross examine witnesses at his trial. One of them, a woman from the town Dujail known only as Witness A, described how she was abducted at 16, held at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, chained naked to a table, electrocuted, beaten with steel rods and then sent to live, impoverished, in the desert for over 4 years.

The defense, after alluding that Witness A's interest in the case stemmed largely from possible financial compensation, asked if she felt that her situation mirrored those of the Iraqi detainees, i.e. were dogs turned on her? Photographs taken? No. As a result, "the defense managed to weaken the force of the case against Saddam Hussein."

I don't mean to take a cavalier attitude regarding how those upstanding Iraqi individuals fared under the U.S. Military, but honestly, if I had my choice of being pissed on and photographed OR whipped and shocked whilst chained in my birthday suit and then sent out to live the rest of my youth in a desert, well, bring on the golden showers.

Saddam challenges torture testimony (BBC News)