Abu Graib. In all its sordid, white trash ugliness. There wasn't anything particularly revealing in this film...all the salient facts had been released in 2004...but it was useful in giving us the thoughts, motivations and the sheer, utter banality of the bozos who tortured those Iraqis.
Morris made it clear that these people were following the wishes and orders of the military leadership, up to and including Rumsfeld. But he also made it clear how easy it is for the powerful to steer the sheep in a nasty direction. I was struck by the lack of remorse, the inability of the perps to understand just how evil they had been. They saw themselves as victims...which they were...scapegoats...but they were monsters to their victims.
Twas ever thus.
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