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Sympathy for Charles Graner

No one from the Bush administration has been held accountable for torture. But the guard from Abu Ghraib prison is still behind bars, and his family wants to know why.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 08:51 PM

    A lump of coal for Graner

    I'd love to see the higher-ups get what they deserve. Never mind Abu Ghraib, I'm talking about the Iraq war. But that doesn't translate into me feeling sorry for this SOB just because once upon a time he sat on Santa's lap. I'm sure Dick Cheney looked cute as a button sitting on Santa's lap when he was a tyke too. And I'm sure somebody could dig up a nice snapshot of an apple-cheeked W cuddling a puppy or hunting for Easter eggs.

    So what's Salon thinking with such a lame attempt at manipulating sympathies? The photographs make the whole story into a parody of itself. Was this deliberate?

    —bugman Read bugman's other letters

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