Female Detainees

In Iraq, women married to men who are suspected of being insurgents have been detained and jailed (one a nursing mother) in order to gain "leverage" over their husbands to pursuade them to turn themselves in to American forces, according to documents recently released by the Pentagon.

Is this how we are fighting for the "hearts and minds" of the muslim world? I can't help but think that with the full force and attention of the US Military, such tactics are not required and appear likely to be harmful to our ultimate goal of defeating terrorism and anti-American sentiment.

If we really want to defeat terrorism, shouldn't we make finding alternate sources of energy a greater priority and seriously pursue that course?

For copies of emails between officers regarding such detention released under the Freedom of Information Act, follow this link.