P.O.W ?

     Hypothetically, let's pretend that I am a part of the United States armed military and I am on a mission. To capture and obtain information on IED bombs in the Iraqi area. I go on day by day hoping not to suffer a loss or do something I may regret. Unfortunately this did not happen. My squad ran around a house where we found IED bombs in the floor. The residents are captured and held as Prisoners of War. These terrorists are held captive and interrogated. They are sleep deprived and starved unless they give us information about another home in the area that also has IEDs in the floor tiles. Trying our best to maintain order and respect to these "men", but they do make it hard as they curse our name and country, while at the same times spitting at our feet. Any harm that come to these people could prove dangerous to our mission. Our own country may find us as savages, or scum because of the things we may have to do to get the information we need, to keep them safe. Pressure builds, patiences is thinning, not able to take one more insult, one man of my troop backhand slaps one of the captives. He looks wide eyed and then starts telling us where the IEDs are located in the next home down the road. Though it may have been wrong, it was necessary to get what we needed to finish the mission... Getting the image of the face was burned into my head. It's hard to think about, even hypothetically, much less think about how soldiers right now are experiencing this, and are thought of as lower than scum. The pressure would get to them, but torture is varied.