The title alone should tell you how strongly I feel about this.
And I do apologize if the title made you think that this i a snark diary but it is not. It might be humorous (I try), but the essence of what I'm saying is serious.
In this diary I've chosen to take Seymour Hersh's claim (there are pictures of boys being raped by US soldiers in front of their mothers) as diaried by MinistryOfTruth (hi ! I've been reading you for a while! Good Work !) and act as if the evidence suppressed by the Obama Administration are of that or similar nature. It is just a hypothesis but for the sake of argument accept it as a premise.
So Here We Go :
DO NOT MAKE PUBLIC PHOTOS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS RAPING LITTLE BOYS IN FRONT OF THEIR MOTHERS !!!
UPDATE My Diary is second on the Rec List under Keith's !!!
I cant believe it !!! Thank you all so much.
"Prosecute them you must", as Yoda would say but again, DO NOT MAKE THE PHOTOS PUBLIC. And don't blame Obama for not wanting to release the photos. Over here we've loved him from day one. and apparently so has the rest of the World. So give him the benefit of the doubt! Hasn't he done enough in 4 months ? You do remember he is not really Superhuman right ? Do you really feel extremists round the world are in need of such a recruiting tool ?
Do you really think that you should let the deeds of the departed Evil Bush Administration destroy all the Goodwill created Around the World by the Obama Phenomenon ? Really ???
Maybe my point of view here has value only from its perspective. I live in Greece. I have lived in Belgium, Spain, England and a bit in the Netherlands (such a wonderful place that you should not stay there too long). But don't get me wrong. I might be European but I think I have quiet a good grasp of America's political intellectual and cultural background. So please don't reject my arguments because I'm an outsider.
I've read Greenwald's blog entry on the matter. And although I agree with him 90% of the time this time I disagree. Maybe because his argument is about how the rest of the world views American actions and I happen to have lived my entire life in the rest of the world.
But even from his perspective do you really feel that in today's internet photos of graphic sexual humiliation and the killing of civilian by unmanned drowns is one and the same ? Really ? Do you remember the reaction to the release of the Abu Ghraib photos ? And these are FAR WORSE !
You think that the Uneducated masses of the middle east people will applaud upon the release of these pictures because of the virtues of transparency ???????
And let me talk as a European. Our media may be slightly better than yours but really are not that different from the American. Graphic sexual abuse pictures have great shock value so they will be replayed endlessly and add nauseam. And although I cant speak for sure about the media of other continents I'm pretty sure they work in same way.
And yes. I strongly believe that if you weren't the strongest country in the world and the if the entire world wasnt watching you should publish those pictures and any other ones that would show the american public the extensive horror systemic torture and abuse represent. But You are the One Superpower (multipolar world, shmultipolar world)and the World is Indeed Watching. And I think you should take it into account when making such decisions.
Making the world a better place while using common sense : Yes You Can !
PS/Update : Hey everybody I'm back for comments if you re still here