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Stanford Prison Experiment

Go read the presentation-style overview of the Stanford Prison Experiment and be reminded how close ordinary people (including us, I'm afraid) are to being compliant when faced with an authority asking them to participate in something morally questionable. Power over other people can lead to strange behavior and eventually cruelty, even for professors or college students or people that experienced that cruelty themselves in the past.

Now think about the current situation with Iraq and draw your own parallels.