Thursday, May 20, 2004

The most disgusting Abu Ghraib photos so far

More photos have turned up of corpse-abuse at Abu Ghraib. Navy SEALS dragged an AOI ("Any Old Iraqi") into Abu Ghraib, where he was tortured to death -- no doubt because he had no information to reveal. One wonders where the U.S. finds such inhuman goons for its military police.

The most interesting paragraph is this:

A seventh member of the unit, Spc. Jeremy Sivits, pleaded guilty today to four counts for taking pictures of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated.
This wording implies that the problem was the photography, not the abuse: "Sivits, you know better than to leave evidence...!"

Some worried that the "drip drip drip" of slowly released photos would prove more damaging to Bush than would a sudden flood of vile imagery. But repeated viewings have a "training effect" on the public. People get used to the sight: Remember what psychologists were saying about repeat viewings of the Rodney King beating?

Hell, many of our fellow citizens probably like the sight, because they stupidly see the invasion of Iraq as payback for 911.

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