Why yes, another morbid-ass Iraq post
I'm sure approximately zero of you have been waiting with baited breath for my analysis of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
Regardless.
Trust me that I'm as horrified as anyone. And for the right reasons: this isn't the world's first incident of human rights abuses, and it's not like it shattered some illusion I had about America As Good Guys At All Times. It's just bad.
What's really getting me are those pictures. The shit-eating grins on the US military, in particular. And, really, the fact that pictures exist.
Homo sapiens is not a nice species. I believe that any of us have the capacity to get pissed off enough to torture someone. Who knows what it would take to get me to that point, but I believe it's there.
What I don't think I'm capable of is being proud of it.
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If you haven't read any excerpts from Major General Taguba's report, I suggest you do. I haven't heard of anyone getting raped with a broomstick since Glen Ridge.
I'm sure approximately zero of you have been waiting with baited breath for my analysis of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
Regardless.
Trust me that I'm as horrified as anyone. And for the right reasons: this isn't the world's first incident of human rights abuses, and it's not like it shattered some illusion I had about America As Good Guys At All Times. It's just bad.
What's really getting me are those pictures. The shit-eating grins on the US military, in particular. And, really, the fact that pictures exist.
Homo sapiens is not a nice species. I believe that any of us have the capacity to get pissed off enough to torture someone. Who knows what it would take to get me to that point, but I believe it's there.
What I don't think I'm capable of is being proud of it.
***
If you haven't read any excerpts from Major General Taguba's report, I suggest you do. I haven't heard of anyone getting raped with a broomstick since Glen Ridge.
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