Infinite MonkeysLast night I was uncharacteristically listening to the BBC radio news. They were cordially beside themselves over U.S. soldiers' treatment of some incarcerated Iraqi POWs. One newsman mentioned to the other that the pictures that had been released were depressing and humiliating beyond words, but that the American papers seems to have almost no coverage it. Having just heard several minutes of slanted news of the war (it was the Beeb...), I didn't know what to think of the report of the abuse. Hadn't heard anything on regular U.S. talk radio during my short drive times today.
Well, I finally had my first free minute this afternoon, and something on the Bear Flag League headline scroll thing caught my eye. It was called We Just Lost Iraq. Read that. Wasn't sure what to think. Then I followed the link in the post's update. [Warning: it's a disturbing set of images.] Oh, man... (chin drops to chest, head shakes slightly.)
Drudge carrying it didn't mean that much to me. Now it's also on Instapundit, who links to LT/Citizen Smash.
Isn't denial one of the first stages of grief? I keep hoping that this is going to turn out to be some sort of hoax, some kind of photoshoped propaganda op. But as that denial gets more and more worn away with each new credible and dependable pundit chiming in, I'm getting very close to anger.
Posted by Brad at April 30, 2004 03:17 PM | TrackBackI'm with Baldilocks on this one: if true, "the perpetrators should be imprisoned and, if they killed [a] prisoner, executed." We can't have this kind of thing. And justice needs to be done quickly.
Posted by: Monkey Ben at April 30, 2004 03:49 PM