Ironic, isn't it?

Two news items today told me a lot about the moral structure, or the lack of it, on the part of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi leadership:

1. The New York Post reported that at least one of the bodies of the four American soldiers discovered in a shallow grave was "brutalized and mutilated," Pentagon sources revealed yesterday. The corpses were unearthed in the vicinity of the "hospital" at Nasiriyah where U.S. Marines found evidence that the Iraqis had operated a torture chamber. Inside the hospital, the shocked Marines found bloodied pieces of an American female soldier's uniform. Her name badge and American flag were missing. Investigators believe that the hospital was a den of horror rather than healing and was used by the fanatical Feyidah militia as a staging area and headquarters. Inside, the leathernecks found one room that was equipped with a bed and a car battery, indicating that it was used to electrically torture prisoners.

2. CNN is reporting that the International Red Cross is not being permitted to visit coalition prisoners of war.

This is the reality of Saddam Hussein. This is why the coalition has chosen the unthinkable: to wage war. Any questions?