In describing the actions of guards at Abu Gharib prison, Rush Limbaugh defended their actions. In The New Republic, Rush writes, "You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You [ever] heard of need to blow some steam off?"

Sorry, Rush. I didn't understand. Why don't we just let bygones be bygones? I mean, after all, it was just an innocent little prank. Like you said, "This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation." There's no reason that anyone should get court-martialed over this. Even though this whole prisoner "abuse" scandal was obviously perpetuated by the Liberal Media Conspiracy over at CBS News (and I bet they faked some of those pictures, too, just to discredit the President), we can't forget our real objective. Hey, Rush, what's our objective?

"There's only one thing to do here, folks, and that's achieve victory over people who have targeted us for loooong, long time, well over 15, 20 years. It's the only way to deal with this, and that's why obsessing about a single incident or two of so-called abuse in a prison is nothing more than a giant distraction and could up being something that will really ties [sic] our hands and handcuffs us in what the real objective is here, which is the preservation of our way of life and our country."

Hang on, now. I think -- for the first time in your career -- you may have, possibly, perhaps, maybe made a mistake. If I may be so bold, Rush, there's more than just one incident of prisoner abuse here. I don't mean to suggest that you're wrong, but there are dozens and dozens of photos of different prisoners being put in so-called abusive situations. Apparently, this isn't isolated. But I just wanted to enhance your answer.

I think, in the end, Rush is right. I mean, what we did to those Iraqis can't compare with what they're doing to us. They're killing U.S. soldiers! How dare they suggest that us abusing low-level prisoners is even remotely in the galaxy of Iraqi insurgency. I can see how, if I were in that situation, I would be completely morally upstanding if I did to those prisoners what the U.S. guards did to them. I would go so far as to say that they deserved it for living under Saddam's dictatorship and not attempting to overthrow him, and what's more, they deserved the abuse because they tried to challenge the United States.

I can't see how President Bush would be such a pansy and apologize to the Iraqis. What he should have said was, "And if anyone else tries to attack us, he'll get the same treatment!" Chastize Rumsfeld in private? Give the man a medal for defending our country!

Man, it's times like this I wish Rush were the president.