No Mere Spankings in this Phase of Abu Ghraib's History

Some 98 detainees have died of something other than "natural causes" at the hands of Bush's torturers - without trial, and certainly not execution. Up to 90 percent, according to the Pentagon, of the men and boys held in Guantanamo are not terrorists, and should not be held -- but there isn't any way to release them now that we've abused them for three years, because they would be very embarrassing, and might provoke others to threaten us. I think you can climb down from that moral high ground, now -- no, don't bother. You're in a pit.

Posted by mesquite at March 7, 2006 9:24 AM

Let's see. Even granting the number is accurate, is the difference between 10,000 and 98 so difficult for you to grasp. I think we covered this somewhere in Grades 1 to 3.

Posted by Gerard Van Der Leun at March 7, 2006 11:37 AM