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Thank you for publishing these photos. Although difficult to look at, I agree with you that we have to demand that Americans care about this. I am very ashamed and horrified that this deplorable incident, like so many others perpetuated by the Bush administration in our name,
solicits no outrage, almost no public response. Bush and his people refuse to be accountable about anything and we don't demand it. Our Vice President literally shoots somebody in the head, and doesn't feel any need to talk to anyone about it for four days. But after skilled Matlin coaching, he creates a story for us, and we're OK with it. What the hell is happening to us? Are we so busy, so rich, so passified by pop culture fantasy, that we have no humanity left?
It was conforting to read this and see that there are still a few people, like me, who see this entire chapter in our history as almost the worst ever. Not even the constitution matters to these guys. JFK described our leaders as the "best and brightest" - not only are the Bush guys definately NOT the best we have to offer, they are just plain mean. They are doing irreparable damage to all of our futures.
