[Vision2020] New Abu Ghraib pictures

[Tami Stinebaugh]

I agree with this except for the issue of further humiliating the men in these photographs.  Where do we draw the line?  I think it's tricky because we need to be open about this and get it out so we can deal with it appropriately, but at the same time it is deeply humiliating to the victims involved.  I can't imagine having these things happen to me, but also, having them displayed for the entire world to see.  How do we approach it so that we save whatever dignity is left for the people involved?  

Just a thought...

Tami Stinebaugh

----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Westberg <carlwestberg846@hotmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:32 pm
Subject: [Vision2020] New Abu Ghraib pictures

> According to NPR news, the pictures and video that are being shown 
> to 
> members of Congress today are even worse than the images released 
> publicly 
> last week.  One source reports images of rape and murder.  Should 
> these not 
> also be released to the public as well?  In what may well be the 
> first time, 
> I'm in agreement with Kathleen Parker (Bush apologist 
> extraordinaire) on an 
> issue.  As she says in her column today, ..."no matter how 
> horrific, 
> shameful or embarrassing the photographs, we have to show them.  
> Not to 
> satisfy some prurient curiosity - wouldn't we all rather not see? -
> but to 
> demonstrate that we treat in the open even our ugliest sores.  To 
> do 
> otherwise, to try to conceal the misdeeds of some of our own would 
> be to 
> ratify the cynicism of our enemies while denying our allies 
> confidence in 
> our honesty."  And perhaps, Senator Inhofe would realize how 
> ludicrous his 
> "outrage at the outrage" is.  And perhaps Rush Limbaugh would 
> realize this 
> is all rather more than a "fraternity prank."                      
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>                   Carl Westberg Jr.
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