Comments on: Obama Opposes Release Of Abuse Photos

[nofoolling]

"In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger."

I doubt that anti-American sentiment could possibly be get any worse or be furthered any more than the illegal invasion of a foreign country, indiscriminate immoral bombing, the torture already known, and genocidal murder of innocent women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The damage is already done, so Obama's argument is nonsense,

and simply more dog and pony show meant to ironically protect the Dem's from going to prison or the gallows along with the Bush/Cheney crime syndicate.

[radicalc-2009]

We shoot on the battlefield to save our people and preserve American freedoms. It's still evil if the context were not war. If putting a known killer of Americans in an uncomfortable situation that doesn't cause permanent damage will save our people and preserve American freedoms, in the context of war it's the same principal at work.

[radicalc-2009]

To carry an argument to the absurd - If we can argue that we shouldn't waterboard because that's what our enemy does, then should we not bomb because our enemy does it, or should we not shoot the enemy because they shoot us. It's a silly argument.

[harpoot]

LOL How could anti-amerikan sentiment increase?? It's already enormous.

[book134]

At least CBS News has seen fit to report this very important news story.

Some among the MSM (like USA Today), haven't even mentioned this story.

Some of those so-called news organizations aren't doing their basic jobs to report important news stories. They pick & choose such stories in accordance with the stories potential controversy & the way they want to manipulate that controversy.

[elAlAkbar]

If indeed such photos are so powerful that they would inflame muslim opinion world wide then it would behoove the enemy to fake some up.

Perhaps they already have. They could also churn out endless films books and tv series like the jews do for ww2.

I guess their problem is most likely distribution, although as a western media informed person I dont know what is distributed in the muslim countries.

It could be this argument is moot and such surpression would increase suspicions although it is claimed that these pics are not "sensational" I understand that the "sensational" ones were always going to be surpressed.

[amacd2-2009]

The only path that could justify not releasing the photos would be instead to begin prosecution immediately.

IMHO, no matter how plaintively Obama may cry ?Out, damn?d spot!? ?- he will not be able to walk off of this tragic ?war crimes? stage until this most odious crime is expunged.

So for Obama, the superficially adored hero, the role of a modern Hamlet tentatively deciding whether ?to be or not to be? for the war-crimes-Empire could be the last drama on this mortal coil.

Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine

[despido]

Actually, I was referring to both the Bush II Administration & the Obama Administration. . . . They're both utterly corrupt!
Posted by book134 at 7:33 PM
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Obviously I agree - sorry if I may have indicated otherwise.

[book134]

despido -

Actually, I was referring to both the Bush II Administration & the Obama Administration. It's becoming ever more clear that there's not a whole lot of difference between them. They're both utterly corrupt!

[despido]

Everyone knows, either overtly or subconsciously, that the US is a hypocritical rouge nation which not only picks & chooses which vile & violent criminals it will investigate & prosecute, but that it aggressively protects such criminals with the full power of this mafia-like US government.

Our utterly corrupt & abusive government at work!
Posted by book134 at 6:54 PM
+++++++++++++++++++
I know you were referring to the Bush administration here - but you can now say the same of the Obama administration - as we enter a full scale war in Pakistan. There is a reason for Obama's war strategies... He is using the Bush administration as a role model. He will employ exactly the same excuses and claims of empowerment (and has). He doesn't want to expose his administration to the same scrutiny as Bush's - it could not withstand.