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elfsI cannot make this stuff up faster than reality. George Bush's current campaign swing is not a "campaign swing," as it has been traditionally known. No, it's now the Winning The War on Terrorism Tour. What's next? The Monsters of Iraq Tour? I can just see it: pint-sized Pfc. Lynndie England, (Warning: not work safe!) clearly visible is some of the more grotesque images, cigarette dangling from her lips as she humiliates the hooded prisoners, now properly dressed in a dominatrix outfit with whip in hand, standing over a humiliated, bound and naked John Kerry as George and Rummy look on, their faces alight with that unique combination of homoeroticsm and self-loathing they all seem to possess.
As much as I applaud the demise of a brutal dictator, and as much as I appreciate the self-correcting nature of the American system of justice, I don't think we really understand the absolutist nature of sharia over there. When we are victims of a petty or property crime and the criminal is caught, tried, and imprisoned, we have a vague dissatisfaction, a holdover from our primitive pasts when honor trumped justice. To the Iraqis, the "wheels of justice turning slowly" do not turn at all, and the American idea of justice where the humiliators will be allowed to live after all simply will not do. Their dissatisfaction with our notions of justice is so palpable it borders on the murderous. My hope for a working resolution in Iraq sinks with every report.
I am not making this up: the thugs in the new Olsen flick are music pirates. Now how does that work? And looking at the release photos, I've gotta say that I don't understand the "countdown to 18" frenzy that seems to be unleashed: they're anorexic. Eww.
The Top Ten Arab Conspiracies. I appreciate Memri; they take apart mainstream newspapers in Iran, Qatar, Egypt, and other Islamic newspapers and translate them for English-speaking audiences. Among the gems to be found: The Madrid bombing was the work of Israel; 9/11 was the work of Israel; 9/11 was done by the Bush administration to make Islam look bad; the CIA controls Osama bin Laden; the bombings in Riyadh, Damascus and Istanbul were the work of "Zionists" or Americans-- or both. The Crown Prince of Saudia Arabia himself said so.
Rush on the abuse of prisoners:
Just so you know.
As much as I applaud the demise of a brutal dictator, and as much as I appreciate the self-correcting nature of the American system of justice, I don't think we really understand the absolutist nature of sharia over there. When we are victims of a petty or property crime and the criminal is caught, tried, and imprisoned, we have a vague dissatisfaction, a holdover from our primitive pasts when honor trumped justice. To the Iraqis, the "wheels of justice turning slowly" do not turn at all, and the American idea of justice where the humiliators will be allowed to live after all simply will not do. Their dissatisfaction with our notions of justice is so palpable it borders on the murderous. My hope for a working resolution in Iraq sinks with every report.
I am not making this up: the thugs in the new Olsen flick are music pirates. Now how does that work? And looking at the release photos, I've gotta say that I don't understand the "countdown to 18" frenzy that seems to be unleashed: they're anorexic. Eww.
The Top Ten Arab Conspiracies. I appreciate Memri; they take apart mainstream newspapers in Iran, Qatar, Egypt, and other Islamic newspapers and translate them for English-speaking audiences. Among the gems to be found: The Madrid bombing was the work of Israel; 9/11 was the work of Israel; 9/11 was done by the Bush administration to make Islam look bad; the CIA controls Osama bin Laden; the bombings in Riyadh, Damascus and Istanbul were the work of "Zionists" or Americans-- or both. The Crown Prince of Saudia Arabia himself said so.
Rush on the abuse of prisoners:
This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation, and we're going to ruin people's lives over it, and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer 'em because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time. These people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?
Just so you know.
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Date: 2004-05-07 11:08 am (UTC)They better not be able to hide behind that "following orders" crap - and if so, I want to see their commander flayed alive on national television. Make that international television.
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Date: 2004-05-07 03:55 pm (UTC)What should terrify any American is that some of the soldiers actually identified as doing this shit are employed in civilian life as prison guards.
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Date: 2004-05-07 11:19 am (UTC)