ACTUALLY, there is nothing so odd about the events at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad: in the jail where the Iraqi soldiers are detained, the victorious and the powerful are celebrating their power, gleefully, brutally, on the bodies of the now-powerless.

Take a good look at the photos now in circulation the world over. The first photo: an Iraqi detainee, completely naked, crawls on the floor, his neck collared to a leash. A female American so