From: Phil Payne 

> And the purpose of taking the photos was ...?
>
> I think Bill makes a terrific point. Whereas some official may want
> prisoners  tortured for a purpose, the perpetrators are acting out of
> other motives, if they do it more than a couple of times.

Someone else with zero understanding of Islamic culture.

If they'd been stood naked on their own, it would have been private and
they would have known the indignity would be over fairly soon.  Recording
them for eternity is vastly more repugnant to them - it puts the United
States in a permanent position of power over them.

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