I know that I'm just being paranoid, but...

Feb 16, 2006 11:22

Half-asleep this morning, I was listening to the news. NPR was talking about the new set of Abu Ghraib pictures, and Arab and Muslin people getting angry about them ( Read more... )

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strafer_jack February 16 2006, 19:06:28 UTC
Now, I'm as nutty as the next, but I'm not sure I can sign on to the Bush crime family deliberately leaking the photos. An actual terrorist attack would only solidify the suspicions that we are less safe since W signed on. It's the FEAR of an attack that they want to cultivate. That's where coercion is most effective.

My guess is that the individual(s) that leaked to photos went to the Aussies because if they went to the American news (mostly Bush controlled) there could be reprecussions. I think that if Bush wanted to stir up trouble with hard evidence of torture, it would have been done through a more controllable medium.

Besides, the admin. spent a lot of time and money telling us that the torture at Abu had ceased. Even they're not stupid enough to release more photos on purpose.

However, as you said, the new photos are stirring up the hornet's nest again. It's made an attack more likely, but I don't think it was our fearless leader's intention.

I don't think you're wrong, you're just giving the Bushies more credit for intelligence than they deserve.

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faelad February 16 2006, 20:53:52 UTC
The photos released are from the original investigation, not new incidents.

I agree with you about "them" wanting to cultivate fear, but I can't trust them to not take this to the next level (if they haven't already), especially with all the American lives that have already been lost.

It might not have been Bush who leaked the pictures, either, but someone else who would profit from this war. Just saying, that's all.

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