Sometimes you read a letter to the editor in the paper that simply renders you speechless. But not blogless! From today's Chron:
Editor -- Just as you had no problem in your shallow attempt to embarrass the Bush administration with pictures of the Iraqi prisoners ("Images of abuse at U.S. hands stir world furor,'' May 1), I have no problem with how they are being treated. War is not a pleasant thing and I think anything we can do to discourage the enemy from fighting is a good thing to do. We are not fighting Iraq. We are fighting a vicious Islamic radical group whose stated goal is to kill infidels wherever they are and to all but enslave the women. As long as you claim you are being responsible by publishing such pictures, why don't you also publish some pictures of Saddam Hussein's torture chambers and explain to your latte-sipping liberal readers just what went on in those places?
TOM MARTIN
Sunnyvale
I feel like pointing out that "the enemy", far from seeming discouraged, seems more inspired to violence than ever at the moment, and suggesting to Mr. Martin that this is America, and generally, we do have a problem with treating human beings that way, even if our government and military seems not to at the moment, and that if he doesn't like it, he should feel free to move to a third-world dictatorship somewhere.
Sheesh! Almost ruined my latte there!
Edited to add: here's a link to the full report on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, in PDF format, courtesy of NPR.
