rav.. I would also like to add that the number of soldiers that give in to brutality is a measure of a countries integrety and humanity.    The "matter of degree" thing.   In this case there is simply no comparrison in both number of incidents or severity.  
I would also like to say that America has allway been a country that has used its free speech to examine it's flaws..  I think that the fact that we examine our flaws so openly is one of the things that makes us so strong.
lazs