Warning!!!
Members of the "official fan club" of President Obama SHOULD NOT READ THIS:
"There are many bizarre aspects to Obama's decision to try to suppress evidence of America's detainee abuse, beginning with the newfound willingness of so many people to say: "We want our leaders to suppress information that reflects poorly on what our government does...
"Obama and his military commanders decide when it's best that we're kept in the dark, and I'm thankful when they keep from me things that reflect poorly on my government because I trust them..."
Way too funny and sad at the same time
(more next)
It continues full speed ahead:
"But what is ultimately even more amazing is the claim that suppressing these photographs is necessary to prevent an inflammation of anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world generally and Afghanistan specifically...
"The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
"In a federal court hearing in San Francisco this morning, a representative of the Justice Department said it would continue the Bush policy of invoking the 'state secrets' defense, which has been used in cases of rendition and torture..."
Link, for there is more, but Greenwald also posted a graphic photo of a wounded child, so beware of that:
http://www.salon.com/...
I heard and read some complains of members of the "fandom" about "pretty much all participants of this site" writing about the torture, the release of the photos, Obama's backpedaling and embracing some of Bush's "political doctrine in national security" [sic]
That's too bad. I am sure many of us will keep reminding them of the inconvenient facts, since at least formally, this remains a "democratic" nation.
* UPDATE: First time that one of my diaries makes the rec list (after over 4 years of ignored "brilliance", he, he)
Thanks, guys!