Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2013) by Jim G — 24 Feb 2011
Another outstanding documentary from Errol Morris, this details the abuses at Abu Ghraib by the people who carried them out. They're mostly unrepentant, still carting out the "just following orders" defence that screwed them at their trials.
Of course people above them should have been booted out too but when you have Lynndie England smirking when recalling forcing a prisoner to masturbate you lose sympathy. Morris emphasises the abuse and cover ups that must have taken place off-camera but make no mistake: these were not innocent stooges screwed over.
They were guilty. And then they were screwed over.
This review of Standard Operating Procedure (2013) was written by Jim G on 24 Feb 2011.
Standard Operating Procedure has generally received positive reviews.
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