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>why was this such a big deal?

it was the fault of war criminal boomer billionaires causing the war which resulted in the situation of: dumb fuck junior enlisted who had basically no POW handler training and were fed relentless negative messages about iraqis since 1990 and so they abused the detainees and caused an international blunder.

but because since there was no public "fall guy" the blame was put on the american everyman.