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December 22, 2004
Cole Roundup and a comment or two
http://www.juancole.com/2004/12/press-roundup-for-wednesday-1222-josh.html
In particular I draw attention to this paragraph and the final line:
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The Guardian notes that the American Civil Liberties Union acquired documents about the treatment of Guantanamo Bay prisoners that suggest that torture was used, and that it was actually authorized by President Bush. The documents also reveal that one torture technique was to wrap a prisoner in an Israeli flag. I'm puzzled by that one (my readers, incidentally, allege that the New York Times omitted to mention this particular technique, which was reported by the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post). My guess is that the prisoners' pictures were taken while wrapped in the Israeli flag, as a way of humiliating and possibly blackmailing them. You just have to scratch your head and wonder if the Bush administration is determined gradually to give supporting evidence for every single one of the anti-American stereotypes current in the Muslim world.
Emphasis added. The answer is yes.
Otherwise, I note the pullouts continue. I am afraid we're really into Lebanon logic now. Have to say I am beginning to lose even the remotest sense of hope.
Posted by The Lounsbury at December 22, 2004 04:47 PM
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