The text of the US Army report on Iraqi prisoner abuse is now available.

I meant to post Seymour Hersh's column about this earlier, but wanted to read the whole article before I did so. This course of events is disturbing on so many levels, not least of which is the negative impact it's going to have on stabilizing Iraq.

This is outrageous, and while I want to believe this is an isolated incident, the evidence suggests it's systemic and more widespread than this. We as Americans should be holding ourselves to higher standards than this if we're ever to regain credibility as a promoter of liberty and human rights around the world.