But (I'm assuming) you were crossing the equator voluntarily and had some sense of what was to happen.  The decision was more or less yours.

The prisoners at Abu Grahib did not have any decisions.   Most were being treated as they were as acts of humiliation and low-level torture.  It wasn't just a bunch of frat pranks.  If another country did that to our POWs and the pictures hit the internet, we'd be throwing a collective holy snit.

That's not to say that I'm a softie and they should have been given 4 star accomodations.  In fact, I don't have that much of a problem with much (but not all) that what went on at Abu Grahib.  My problem is that the military had such poor control over the situation that enlistees were taking digital pix and polaroids, and then letting those pictures get out into the mainstream.