“Of course not,” said Major Zima, “they don’t have bats yet.” “I don’t want to see U.S.-supplied equipment in a torture video,” I said. “Too late for that,” said Major Zima. “Besides, if there’s one thing I’ve learned doing Civil Affairs in Iraq, it’s that it’s hard to come in and change people’s culture.” “What do you mean?” I said. “Right now,” he said, “the Shi’a are pretty set in their ways of drilling people to death. And the Sunnis like to cut off heads. I don’t think we’ll manage to change that with baseball bats.” “Jesus,” I said. “I don’t want to be a part of it.”
