Larry, I agree with you, always assuming tha thte pictures are genuine. I also find it troubling that the British are finding this out through the American press. Did anyone else see the story about the British regiment that is involved being ordered to hand in ALL snapshots taken in Iraq? Hmm.
Having said that. The Bush administration seems to want to tough it out. The best defense secretary the US has ever had indeed. Regardless of his fine qualities as a person there are credible accusations of war crimes.
Some cynicism is called for here given the major to-do that was made about exempting the US from the international law governing war crimes a while back... and the ongoing disregard for prisoner rights. Hell, the admnistration is currently maintaining that it can do what it wants to whomsoever it considers an enemy combatant correct? Has the Supreme Court ruled on that? Not that it has jurisdiction in Iraq, but the administration is claiming the right to do this *in the US*
Jim, I don't think Gel is talking about the God of all Americans, just the one of George Bush and his henchmen. I leave it to someone else to work out whether he is being overly harsh; I am not very fond of big-daddy jingoistic gods either, as I am sure you have all gathered.
Anyone else here ever read Terry Pratchett's Small Gods?
Dana
>The behavior of those guards merits more than a small response. This
>sort of abuse went on in that prison for almost a year according to
>the Red Cross. Other reports concerning the treatment of detainees at
>Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan have raised similar complaints of
>abuse and torture. Given the widespread nature of the cases, it
>seems that the senior military leadership and Pentagon gave their
>tacit approval at the very least. If not then be prepared for a lot
>of incidents like MyLai and other massacres of innocent civilians.
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>larry
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