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I fail to see why right wing regressives are always conflating the Iraq war with 9/11. I fail to see why right wingers aren't mad at the present administration for not going after the actual people that perpetrated 9/11. George Bush said he didn't spend much time even thinking about Osama Bin Laden.
As far as Abu Ghraib, why not be able to judge for yourself what the pictures mean. Actually the people who are most responsible (the higher ups) have not been punished. They are the ones who should have been punished instead of England and Grainer who were guilty but also used as scapegoats. These low level people were doing what they were told to do. I mean, Cheney and Bush and Gonzales pushed not to pass the McCain torture bill. And then Bush puts a caveat on the bill saying in essence that he doesn't have to follow it. And why is pointing out these truths considered anti-troop rhetoric? There is/was obviously an environment that allowed for these acts to take place. It started from the top down. And people should be outraged that our government condones torture at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo. And because the terrorists use awful and disgusting tactics is reason for us (US) to do it also? Why should we become what we abhor?
Some people have brought up the NSA spying program saying they don't care if they are listened to or not. How many civil liberties are you willing to give up because this government wants to scare the crap out of everyone. Everything they do is conflated with 9/11. I find this very disturbing and don't really understand why regressives think this is okay.
The cartoons are something I don't want to view. I don't really understand why some are so upset that Salon didn't print them. To me there is no link between the photos and the cartoon.
Lisa
