Reply #18: The terrorists already know what went on. Countries to which there was rendition are in

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the Middle East. Abu Ghraib in in the Middle East. The detainees released from Gitmo went home to the Middle East.

Whatever hit the fan there hit the fan long before release of those photos.

Additionally, there was a court order directing release of the photos. Do you want the rule of law or not? You can't have it only sometimes.

Also, photos of what went on in Abu Ghraib were released during Rumsfeld's watch. Are you saying those photos went over the heads of those who recruit terrorists, but only the photos released now are dangerous to us?

Besides, some photos of mistreatment of some prisoners will do NOTHING next to what we have done to the Iraqis. Over a million refugees. God knows how many dead--we never even bothered to count Iraq casualties at first, only our own (and we fudged those numbers).

And then, there's our Mideast policy in general, which caussed terrorist recruitment long before 911, let alone before these pictures were released.

See also Post # 7.


Sorry, but that post of yours seems more appropriate for FREEP than for DU. And not only because it attempts to pin future terrorism against Americans on Obama, much as Cheney and Limbaugh try to do.