Reply #56: hasn't that already happened

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with Abu Ghraib? Do you think the photos at Abu Ghraib made a great recruitment tool or the people in Iraq already knew what was going on? How stupid can you be to endorse torture, taking the lower ground? Some in the ME already stated that it was our use of torture that made them decide to go against the US. If we don't prosecute, will the US go down a slippery slope of further atrocities foregoing the rule of law? What keeps this country looking like any other third world Banana Republic? Hell, we were almost there. Fraudulent elections, controlled media, knuckle dragging hate-spewing mouthpieces, complete power of the executive branch (one party controlling the judicial, executive, and congressional, corporate power over the will of the people.