Another story that makes me say "what the hell are we thinking?"

This story is mind boggling, the story of several former American POW's in Iraq during the Gulf War that were tortured and are now allowed (under newer laws) to sue the country that tortured them in court. However, not that we are in control of Iraq, the Bush administration is telling them that they can't sue Iraq now becuase they need all of their resources to rebuild the country. Now they do perhaps have a point about resources (although they could probably pay their damages just with what Halliburton overcharged the army), especially since we are talking a billion dollars. But when Rumseld himself says that the Iraqis tortured by our soldiers at Abu Graib deserve compensation and then they turn around and say our own soldiers don't, it just makes you wonder if anyone really thought this through?

You can read the article here from the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-pow15feb15,0,3155150.story?coll=la-home-headlines