<--This man disagrees with this entire post. I got nothing.

You know it's a pretty sad day when the top US commander in Iraq feels the need to remind his troops that it is probably a bad idea to torture people. The BBC is reporting that General David Patreus:

warned his troops not to sanction torture or abuse of Iraqi detainees and has urged them to fight by the rules.

Um, shouldn't that be the first thing that troops learn. "Welcome to boot camp. Follow your commanding officer's orders and don't break any laws. Now drop and give me 20!" Right? Apparently not:

It comes a week after an army mental health advisory team released a survey of troops in Iraq, which found a wide tolerance for torture and abuse.

More than a third believed that torture was acceptable if it helped save the life of a fellow soldier or if it helped get information about the insurgents.

About 10% of those surveyed said they had actually mistreated Iraqi civilians by hitting or kicking them, or had damaged their property when it was not necessary to do so.

Ten percent of troops admit to mistreating Iraqis. There are currently 152,000 US troops in Iraq, so that means that 15,200 US soldiers admit to mistreating Iraqi civilians, plus however many mre have rotated out. 'Nuff said.