Specialist Charles Graner Jr is the first soldier to go on trial on charges related to the Abu Ghraib jail scandal, which came to light last year with the release of demeaning photographs of prisoners, including pictures of naked inmates apparently being paraded on leashes and being stacked in piles.
The lawyer defending him at the court martial in Texas, Guy Womack, said: “Don’t cheerleaders all over America make pyramids every day?” He added: “It’s not torture.”
Yeah, pretty close. Except the inmates at Abu Ghraib were stripped naked. And imprisoned. And probably threatened with deadly weapons if they didn’t pile on. Other than that, they are about the same.