Re: Stop publishing torture photos; we get the picture
BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:I think no more Iraq prison abuse photos should be published to the public. We and the world already get it. More photos will only inflame the situation and create more danger for our troops.
I don't think so, given the American government's stubborn habit never to admit more than is patently obvious from press coverage. Notice how the official reaction changed from "who knows if these pictures are for real" to "this stuff happens, but only in isolated cases" to "Oops! Humilating prisoners has been a deliberate strategy, and American forces in Iraq learned it from American forces on Guantanamo Bay." This is reason for me to believe that the U.S., and especially its government,
doesn't get the picture until lots of photographs prove it.
BumbleBeeBogie wrote:They will not cause any more corrective measures than are already under way. They will only cause more US hatred around the world.
On the other hand, US hatred might just be the appropriate reaction, given what your troops are doing in Iraq. And if escalating outrage forces your troops to withdraw from Iraq, maybe that
would count as a "corrective measure" for me -- whether or not such a move is desirable.