What is the reason you think Obama decided against releasing the photos?

Political Tiger

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Thu May-14-09 10:57 AM
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Poll question: What is the reason you think Obama decided against releasing the photos?

Does anyone really think President Obama has nefarious reasons for not releasing the abuse photos? Seems so! Apparently a sizable portion of people on DU think the president is not telling the truth and that he has some secret, hidden agenda. So, just why is Obama not releasing the photos at this time?

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sandnsea

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Thu May-14-09 11:00 AM
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1. Pakistan n/t

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lamp_shade

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Thu May-14-09 11:01 AM
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2. To protect the troops.

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TheCoxwain

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Thu May-14-09 11:02 AM
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3. He got pwned by the Patraeus

Edited on Thu May-14-09 11:03 AM by TheCoxwain

who secretly works for cheney.

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YOY

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Thu May-14-09 11:02 AM
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4. Other: timing.

He has a plan up his sleave. Just a theory with no proof.

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PassingFair

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Thu May-14-09 11:04 AM
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5. Nice poll.

:sarcasm:

He is trying to protect the venerable
right of Presidents to declare that
"If THEY do it, it's not illegal."

Prosecuting the previous admin is
TABOO.

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Fresh_Start

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Thu May-14-09 11:06 AM
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6. because he's a politician and afraid of the political fallout

'the people' are horrified over the concept of leaders of the free world being held accountable.

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TahitiNut

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Thu May-14-09 11:08 AM
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7. Does it matter?

:shrug:

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Laelth

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Thu May-14-09 11:10 AM
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8. The pictures are a hole card.

Somebody gave him what he really wanted in exchange for not releasing them.

They're a good hole card too. He can threaten to release them later in the same way.

I suspect our President is an effective politician.

:dem:

-Laelth

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RaleighNCDUer

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Thu May-14-09 11:17 AM
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10. You may be on to something there.

I'm going to be watching for some military/CIA agenda item to unexpectedly go his way in the near future.

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Lars39

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Thu May-14-09 11:16 AM
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9. There is nothing so sweet as the taste of forbidden fruit.

Withholding the photos might result in an overwhelming uproar to produce them. Couple this with more information coming out about who ordered what and when and we just might be on the road to widespread public demand for prosecution....successful prosecution with irrefutable proof.

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applegrove

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Thu May-14-09 11:26 AM
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11. Cause so many captured insurgents said they joined up because of Abu Grave and

he'd rather take the flak at home for not publishing them than deal with a new round of insurgents signing up with al Qaeda.

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