abu grabababble (or whatever W calls it)

another oldie from May 2004

What surprises me about the recently revealed prisoner abuses in Iraq is not that they occurred but that people are surprised by them. This type of prisoner abuse is a completely predictable result of a war that is based on the premise that we (the aggressors) are good and that anyone that opposes us is evil. Given the Bush program to hold POWs from Afghanistan and Iraq in Guantanamo Bay and to keep all Al- Qeda prisoners at undisclosed countries "where interrogation techniques can be used that are not legal in the US", how could we be surprised that this was going on in Baghdad. I am outraged, but not at all surprised. I grew up in apartheid era South Africa and saw the horrendous abuses carried out by the police in a populace who were controlled by fear that was carefully orchestrated by the leaders. We have exactly those conditions in post 9-11 USA. We had better get used to this type of barbarity, or vote out the leadership that has turned that horrendous crime into an excuse to rule the world by fear and intimidation.

Nic