[Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos

[feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)]

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:13, Marc James Small wrote:


You know Marc, somehow I get the feeling if the Iraqi's had done the
same to our boys and pictures had been published, you and most of the
rest of America would be demanding that we nuke the place into the stone
age.

Feli


> There is no evidence, none at all, that any rapes or murders occurred at
> Abu Grahib, merely accusations.  As is the case with most US citizens, I
> will await the developments which occur with the six investigations
> underway.  Obviously, if there were such acts committed, then there will be
> prosecutions for such actions.  As the record stands at present, though, no
> one was killed at the prison nor physically assaulted:  all the hard
> evidence we have shows merely humiliations of various sorts being inflicted
> on Iraqi prisoners.
> 
> The death rate at Abu Grahib is in line with that experienced in US prisons
> and is somewhat lower than that normally experienced in POW camps over the
> past 70 years.  This is hardly a red flag, despite the claims of wild-eyed
> fanatics thirsting most mightily to denigrate the US effort in Iraq.
> 
> Finally, pray, quit bringing up Rush Limbaugh in your responses to my
> postings.  I detest him as the compromiser which he has proven to be, as is
> also the case with Hannaday and Michael Reagan.  Now, Boortz is a
> refreshing difference:  I often don't agree with him but appreciate the
> spirit in which he approaches a problem.  And Ken Hamblin is also worth the
> listening, and for the same reason -- I am philosophically far closer to
> Hamblin than to Boortz.
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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