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Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Why we're publishing the new Abu Ghraib photos

America -- and the world -- has the right to know what was done in our name.

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  • Thursday, February 16, 2006 04:00 PM

    Why publish these "new" 2003 photos

    Most of this material is similar to what was shown before.

    Several people were tried and sent to jail for their role in this.

    What is the point in publishing these photos, including the one of the fake electrocution with a hood which everyone has seen a hundred times at least even if they were trying to avoid seeing it?

    It does increment the page hit counters for Salon, and advertising sales perhaps? So it is not totally worthless.

    If you are trying to rile up the followers of the religion of peace, they have moved on to protest free speech and the cartoons. They are busy blowing themselves up, trampling each other and burning the USA flag in the streets of the hovels where they exist under that merciful lifestyle they have devised for themselves.

    If you are trying to stir up liberal guilt, tsk, tsk isn't the US just awful sentiments at home, most of us have moved on. It is a bunch of people we have sent to kill others over there in "AI Rek" and they are trying to entertain themselves doing something, anything for a laugh to pass the hours at that prison.

    There is nothing these pictures will do to change one thing about any government on the face of the earth. They are three years old. Face it, they have changed nothing.

    The pictures remain revolting, shameful, and inhuman. So is the war over there.

    We have moved on and accept these things as collateral to supporting our troops and keep quiet. Some even defend it as fraternity hazing as if that were a defense.

    But it would make no difference in the universe, if we took to the streets, howled like coyotes, and started burning used tires.

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