It's about making your enemy fear you. Imagine finding your mate literally dismembered, knowing the people who did it are lurking, just out of sight, waiting to do the same to you.

They didn't state the order these things happened in...

To invoke fear and damage the enemy's morale. Equally possible it could be internal propaganda to incite discipline among US forces. Soldiers are less likely to surrender if they believe they will be tortured. You can bet nobody fell asleep outside the wire after hearing that story.

I’m pretty sure the story is made up. Literally thousands of soldiers got high.

You're viewing them as humans. You gotta dehumanize them first to make killing more palatable. And if they're not human, what's a little mutilation?

I prefer to put a happy spin on it and assume it was penis envy.

You do some crazy shit when someone invades your country and just starts raping and murdering.

I have been the perpetrator of dicks on faces but never had done. However a buddy did fill a 2 litre bottle with his piss and put it under my pillow while I slept once. That was just gross.

Did he get a bionic dong from Dr Wells? Every time a fat woman walks by you'd hear the bionic sound effect?