Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

Standard Operating Procedure (2008). Standard Operating Procedure: Directed by Errol Morris. With Megan Ambuhl Graner, Javal Davis, Ken Davis, Anthony Diaz. Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.

“As someone who spent the majority of his adult life in the military, this documentary was especially disturbing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s not as it there is anything new here. I saw Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, a better picture, and I am sure that I will see some of this again in Taxi to the Dark Side, or at least I am told I will. It is not that this is new or surprising, but that it needs to be seen and remembered as much as the Holocaust.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat is not to say the murder of six million Jews stands equal to the abuses by our soldiers in Iraq, but that we need to remember this and make sure that we do everything we can to prevent it from happening again.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe professionals will tell you that there is no useful information that can be obtained from tortured prisoners. They will say anything to make you quit. So, there is no excuse for what happened here. It was just people reverting to their animal instincts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe biggest shame, of course, if that no one above the rank of SSgt went to prison. That is just the way it happens. The troops are scapegoated and the officers are reassigned.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe method used by director Errol Morris in telling this story was unique and really added to the film. It needs to be seen by everyone.”