On a lighter note, however, Verbs Bad.
Link courtesy of Jessica.
Day: May 12, 2004
Over at CNN.com, there’s a poll asking: “Is the Berg killing a reason for withholding any remaining Iraq prisoner abuse pictures?”
The rationale being, I guess, that if we do release the remaining pictures, it may give terrorists the incentive to kill more Americans. That we maybe shouldn’t release those pictures because, hey, what the terrorists (and innocent Iraqis) don’t know won’t hurt them — and, by extension, won’t hurt us.
Which seems like a pretty spurious argument to make. Yes, the execution of Nick Berg was a horrific and indefensible act. But it doesn’t excuse the horrific and equally indefensible acts committed by U.S. troops in Abu Ghraib prison, and if evidence of further abuse at the prison (or elsewhere) exists, it should be made public and those responsible should be held accountable. You don’t avoid retalliation for the abuse by covering it up. You avoid it by making damn sure it never happens again.
So I voted no.
It’s more than a little disturbing to suggest an action and see it performed almost immediately by a man dressed as a chicken.
Thanks to Alyce Wilson for the link.