Unintentional Humor Div.

According to the cracked - I mean, cracked-up - I mean, cracked - I mean crack, dammit! - defense lawyer for Charles Graner, who is being court martialed for his role in the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, what happened there wasn't abuse at all. So reports the BBC for January 11.

[Defence attorney Guy Womack] compared pictures of naked Iraqi prisoners in a human pyramid to cheerleaders at US sports events, who form pyramids "all over America".

"Is that torture?" he asked, opening Spc Graner's defence on Monday. ...

Another photo featured Pte Lynndie England, who has since had a child with Graner, leading a prisoner on a leash.

Mr Womack said tethers were "a valid tool" when dealing not only with prisoners, but also with children.

"You've probably been at a mall or airport and seen children on tethers; they're not being abused," he argued.

So the prisoners were actually, what now, a squad of naked toddler cheerleaders at an airport? What?

I think I was right the first time.