Things I learned from the NYTimes article:
1. There are other, secret facilities that are used for the real Al Qaeda guys. Not sure who all the whacky funsters at Guantanamo are.
2. They're building a new long-term prison at Guantanamo.
3. "Water boarding" is not as fun as it sounds.
Wednesday, May 12
Might as well be a doughnut.
It's pretty rambling, even for Mr. Vonnegut but worth a look. A new essay, entitled Cold Turkey.
Tuesday, May 11
McCain for VEEP!
It's not entirely clear whether McCain merely left, or walked out on this jackass, but it's clear that the administration's handling of the Iraqi prison scandal is driving the wedge a little deeper between former-POW McCain and the NeoCon faction of the Republican Party. Perhaps he'll reconsider vying for the vp seat on Kerry's ticket?
Kerry/McCain would probably be unbeatable, and would, I think, be a Good Thing.
Kerry/McCain would probably be unbeatable, and would, I think, be a Good Thing.
It's going to get worse.
Yahoo! News - Video Shows Beheading of American in Iraq
I don't know how we can leave in a humane way -- if we just pull out, the country will devolve into chaos, and we undermine whatever strength we may still be able to project militarily. But if we staqy, things are going to get steadily worse for civilian Iraqis AND our military and "contractors."
I'm a bit of a pessimistic sort, so I hope I'm over-reacting as usual, but.... looks like a no-win situation to me. I certainly don't think our current leadership has the genius it would take to turn this around.
:(
F.
I don't know how we can leave in a humane way -- if we just pull out, the country will devolve into chaos, and we undermine whatever strength we may still be able to project militarily. But if we staqy, things are going to get steadily worse for civilian Iraqis AND our military and "contractors."
I'm a bit of a pessimistic sort, so I hope I'm over-reacting as usual, but.... looks like a no-win situation to me. I certainly don't think our current leadership has the genius it would take to turn this around.
:(
F.
Monday, May 10
CNN.com - Lynch: Pray for families of mistreated Iraqi inmates
What a good kid. And I'm just old (and, honestly, drunk) enough to call her a kid, but.... It would have been so easy for her to play along with BushCo's portrayal of her as a hero. Refusing to do that is just a bit heroic in itself.
Seriously: she's just a few years older than some of the kids in those Iraqi prisons -- some of those kids possibly (if rumors of the revelations in some of the forthcoming pictures are true) raped in those prisons by her fellow servicemen.
It sounds condescending, but I mean it with all respect due to her: she's a good kid. She'll be an incredible teacher someday.
In terms of teaching by example, she already is.
Seriously: she's just a few years older than some of the kids in those Iraqi prisons -- some of those kids possibly (if rumors of the revelations in some of the forthcoming pictures are true) raped in those prisons by her fellow servicemen.
It sounds condescending, but I mean it with all respect due to her: she's a good kid. She'll be an incredible teacher someday.
In terms of teaching by example, she already is.
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