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Inappropriate
February 20, 2006 ( politics )
The State Department thinks that the publication of the new Abu Ghraib photos is inappropriate:
"We felt that it was an invasion of the detainees themselves to have these photographs come out," said John Bellinger of the state department.It could also "fan the flames around the world and cause potentially further violence", he added.
Hey, OK, look here. Just because we're the U.S. doesn't mean we're right. We've been wrong before. Lots. Especially when dealing with foreign affairs. Step back and look at what you're saying, man. The photos expose and embarrass the U.S., not the prisoners -- they've already had much worse done to them (By US and possibly British troops) than anything the entire Internet working in concert could possibly ever do to them.
At some point, you have to accept that we're committing atrocious acts of humiliation and extreme physical and mental torture. We have caused 10 Iraqi civilians to die for every 1 person who died in the World Trade Center, and not even their leader had anything to do with it. We are torturing, we are holding civilians without due process of law or access to lawyers or the outside world.
We are not good guys. Accept it, and realize that the American people are ashamed of and disgusted with their leaders who are continuing to perpetrate these acts of terror.
Posted by griffjon at February 20, 2006 08:29 PM
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