In response to three or four emails challenging my assertion that torture hurts the torturer,

Hannity was excusing our practices at Abu Grahiab. Fuck you Hannity. I don't know if Rush is similarly inclined, but my position is that we are Americans. We have a different standard for ourselves. More important is the fact that the person DOING the abuse is seriously affected too. Once that line is crossed it's an open field with no goal line. You just keep going til somebody shoots you.

I refer you to the original Stanford study confiming my statement here as well as my own April post which is here. There is no doubt that without proper training together with psychological preparedness and conditioning, the guard invariably becomes abusive with no holds barred.