The Winkest Link

By Wink

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Defense Department is going to release photos showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.

On the web site of the National Review, Andrew McCarthy, apparently a master of hyperbole, wrote “American soldiers, American civilians, and other innocent people are going to die because Pres. Barack Obama wants to release photographs of prisoner abuse.”

According to Mr. McCarthy, “The photos at issue won’t tell us anything significant about prisoner abuse, and they may very well serve to distort reality. What seems certain is that they will get Americans killed.”

Hmmmm. I wonder where Mr. McCarthy stood on the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Did he oppose that? Because that is what led to all of this.

Of course these God-awful abuse and torture pictures would not exist if we didn’t abuse and torture prisoners.

Does Mr. McCarthy oppose prisoner abuse and torture? Because it appears our previous administration approved of both. When the original Abu Ghraib photos surfaced the on-site soldiers were tossed under the bus, while all superior officers scrambled for cover.

What is the difference between prisoner abuse and torture? Any? Cheney/Bush at first denied the U.S. tortured anyone, but now Cheney is currently in the middle of his “We Tortured People and are Proud of It” tour.

And McCarthy wants to blame Obama?

The world-wide bull’s-eye was on al Qaeda after the 9-11 attacks. All sympathy was on the side of America. In the Muslim world, that bull’s-eye shifted back to the United States when we attacked and occupied a Muslim country, Iraq.

Eventually it became obvious our government lied about weapons of mass destruction and had created an imaginary link between Iraq and the 9-11 conspirators. Then Bush/Cheney were forced to come up with new lame excuses, like we were ridding the world of a horrible dictator, blah blah blah, but it was too late. We were, and still are, seen as aggressors and occupiers, attacking the Muslim faith.

And McCarthy thinks some new pictures are what will make some terrorist want to kill Americans?

Here is an easy prediction: If we are attacked again by terrorists, Andrew McCarthy will find no obvious link to the Iraq War or the fact that the torture was ordered by Bush/Cheney. He will blame the entire mess on Obama.

I have an idea, Mr. McCarthy. Insist that YOUR government, and that includes the Obama administration, honor international treaties like the Geneva convention. Hold U.S. administrations to a higher standard.

And stop being a sycophant for Bush/Cheney and all things Republican.

Andrew McCarthy: Bonehead du Jour

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