exploiting

The email I just received really pisses me off: I have to admit it's clever, but preying on people's sympathies for American troops, however one may feel about the war, is a scummy move even for scammer scum.

This scandal of prisoner abuse in Iraq has brought forward an interesting issue. Aside from allegations of actual, wanton abuse, something I have noticed, and have no problem with, is that the U.S. seems to be quite clever and ruthless in exploiting Islamic sensitivities during interrogations...