Tortured Analogy.
Guy Womack, lawyer for Cpl. Charles Graner, accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, tells the Wall Street Journal that it was "no big deal" for Graner and other soldiers to force prisoners to wedge themselves together into a human pyramid. "Cheerleaders all across America form pyramids every day, and it doesn't hurt people." I'm sorry--did he actually say that out loud?
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