Not in my name, please

This story in today's NY Times about an Iraqi picked up for no good reason by the Americans, thrown into a detention camp in the desert near Kuwait for two years without charges being filed, tortured and mistreated, and finally forced to sign a document stipulating that he was treated well before he was released tells you why we've created a whole generation of people who will want to fight us to the death. Here's a bit of it:

After his release from the American-run jail, Camp Bucca, Mr. Ani and other former detainees described the sprawling complex of barracks in the southern desert near Kuwait as a bleak place where guards casually used their stun guns and exposed prisoners to long periods of extreme heat and cold; where prisoners fought among themselves and extremist elements tried to radicalize others; and where detainees often responded to the harsh conditions with hunger strikes and, at times, violent protests.

Through it all, Mr. Ani was never actually charged with a crime; he said he was questioned only once during his more than two years at the camp.

American detention officials acknowledged that guards used electric devices called Tasers to control detainees, but they said they did so rarely and only when the guards were physically threatened. The officials said that detainees had several ways to report abuse without repercussions, and that all claims were investigated.

Unfortunately, it's unlikely these people will distinguish between Americans who want war and those who opposed it. It's being done in our name whether we like it or not.