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Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.

In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq.

It seems nothing good comes out of Abu Ghraib.

Importantly, rather than being solely concerned with U.N. approval, the president must come first to our own Congress for authorization, and I urge him to do so. Finally, I understand the impulse to take action in Syria; however, I hope the president carefully considers this matter and resists the call from some to use military force in Syria.

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.

Assad has to be removed, and then you have to actually put someone in that is a qualified leader that can start to build some trust in that area.

Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent.

I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.

If approval was a criterion in this country, nothing would ever get done.

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war.