The article in its present state needs a lot of work, of course. As
an example, there is a series of quotes from George W. Bush about war
crimes *committed by the Iraqis* with the droll suggestion that "These
statements may or may not represent the positions that his
administration will take regarding the Abu Ghraib prison situation."

That statement seems designed to be a swipe against the Bush
administration rather than a neutral assessment of the probabilities.
The reader is invited to imagine Bush plausibly saying "These are war
crimes, but we should excuse them." It's just editorial.

--Jimbo