First, what the hell are we still doing in Iraq? Oh, yeah, we had to oust Saddam Hussein because HE TORTURED HIS PEOPLE!!!!!!111!OMG!

Second, well, let me say that again. What the hell are we still doing in Iraq?

Okay, I think I'm past that.

Third, photos don't endanger servicemembers. Photos of servicemembers torturing prisoners endanger servicemembers. But they wouldn't exist if a) the torture didn't happen, b) some fool with a camera wasn't standing by to snap a memento, and c) the torture didn't happen.

I find myself repeating myself a lot. Let me explain. Most people need to have something repeated three times to saturate the skull.

So let me say this one more time. That we tortured prisoners is a national shame and a crime. Release the photos. Prosecute the torturers. Prosecute those who knew the torture was going on.

And, no, I don't care if that little guilt-trail leads right up to Nancy Freaking Pelosi's door. I would hope it doesn't. But if it does, then she's complicit.

Torture is wrong whether it's performed by a Republican, a Democrat, a Libertarian, or a Progressive. (Note: "Progressive" and "Democrat" are not completely mutually exclusive, but neither is one sufficient for the other.)