Here's some good stuff on the prisoner abuse/torture situation and how it relates to domestic concerns. And more on why it was pretty predictable.
Last night I watched the video of the beheading of Nick Berg. Well, I watched it as much as I could. Here's a link to follow if you feel you need to see it too. Be warned, it's the most gruesome thing I have ever seen in my life, by far. I'm not sure if I've seen something this bad in a movie. I felt like throwing up, and I don't think I can really talk about it coherently at this point. So I'll leave it at that.