Politicians from the US and UK have spoken about the shame and revulsion they feel viewing the images from the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. What were young people's immediate reactions?
Did they realise how serious the implications were?
Who do young people think is to blame for such breaches of international law? Were the outrages the rogue actions of a few disturbed guards far from home and under great stress? If so, what were likely to be the underlying causes? Was it the brutalising effects of war? Or an inherent racism?
Might peer pressure and bullying within the military have contributed?
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