I would say it is a safe bet that a lot of Iraqis are being tortured right now

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1178944256911&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112188062620

Torture condoned at times Pentagon survey finds

The Economist
(May 12, 2007)

When the horrific abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib was first revealed three years ago, George Bush dismissed the scandal as the work of just a few "bad apples." Such actions did not "represent the values of the United States of America," the president insisted.

But according to a Pentagon survey released on May 4, more than one in three American soldiers in Iraq would condone torture in some circumstances.

Of the 1,767 troops questioned by the Pentagon's mental health advisory team last September, four in 10 (41 per cent of soldiers and 44 per cent of Marines) believed that torture should be permitted if it would save the life of a fellow soldier or Marine. Almost as many (36 per cent of soldiers and 39 per cent of Marines) said torture should be allowed to extract important information about Iraqi insurgents.

Less than half (47 per cent of soldiers and 38 per cent of Marines) felt that non-combatants should be treated with dignity and respect, as required by the Geneva Conventions.

We should all sleep much better knowing that bush and tenet don't call it torture.