Reply #455: Silly question, the Iraqis and the rest of the World

[sabrina 1]

knows more about the war crimes, torture eg, committed by the Bush administration than the American people and the danger to the troops as a result of those crimes, has been ongoing and will not increase any more, according to some soldiers I know, as a result of a few more pictures. THEY LIVE with the victims, the women who were raped, the children who were tortured, the families of those who were tortured to death.

This is news apparently, only to the American people. Sy Hersch, John Pilger and other independent journalists wrote about these horrors years ago, and they got their information many times, from Iraqis themselves. Which, btw, was called BS until the Abu Ghraib photos emerged.

Otoh, the danger to the troops is likely to decrease if Obama makes sure that the guilty parties, Cheney et al, are held accountable for the injustices they inflicted on the Iraqi people. That will help more than anything.

The US sadly, is still arguing against the reality of the situation. The danger to the troops resulted from the crimes not the photos. When those crimes are addressed and the victims get some justice, that danger will decrease. That is what the world was waiting for when Obama was elected. It looks like the troops will have to continue to bear the burden of the crimes of their government. It's pretty simple, crimes were committed and they are being covered up, still.