Snowe and Collins should jump the aisle. Olympia is a lot closer to being a Kerry Democrat than a Bush Republican. I've sent her a bunch of e-mails asking her to move accross the aisle....we are waiting, Olympia.
I think the entire prison torture scandal is a logical result of a very sick society that views horrific violence in movies and television as 'entertainment'. When we see people brutalized and suffering in our popular media we justify it as 'not real' and clamor for more.
Did you see the big grins on those soldiers? This was pure entertainment for them. It wasn't 'real' to them either because obviously they view these people as sub-humans.
I think this whole disgusting event is *very* American.
9. Agreed. I'm having trouble seeing what's "un-American" about this
Humiliation and sexual abuse of prisoners isn't exactly a foreign import. Hell, there were prison guards in California that recently got busted for arranging gladiator matches between inmates. The women's block was used as a de facto whorehouse. What's so weird about Abu Ghraib? Business as usual, if you ask me.
15. Bush had it in his hands to alliviate serious apprehensions and concerns
our troops over there must have. He could have defused the situation (a little) by apologizing in a very serious mode to the Iraqi Nation and make reparations to the affected Families. Like a million $ ea. That would cut some slack for the troops as they fret about being captured alive......
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