Reply #385: If thats the result, then WE MUST RELEASE the images.

[Grinchie]

The American people must see what was done in their name if they are ever to wake up for this alternate reality that is painted by the Mass Media, Government mouthpieces and paid corporate schills.

There are a great many of us who were kept in the dark, and we did not hide behind the skirts of a few bad apples such as Cheney and Rumsfeld. In fact, we were kept out of the loop entirely until people witnessing these atrocities could stand it no more.

Hiding ones head in the sand will not change the fact that these atrocities did occur. It's kind of like Income Tax. If you demand to see the law that requires an individual wage earner to fill out a 1040 Form, the IRS will refuse to produce one that unequivocally mandates this act. Filling out a 1040 for personal wages is Voluntary, not mandatory, but the IRS will coerce people with harrassment, confiscation of property, and abuse of the legal system to apply pressure.

Remember that the Torture memos were secret until just recently, and were never formally discussed with Congress or the American people. Neither was Fisa. Now that these memos prove that Tortue was initiated by the executive branch, it has to be revealed wherever it takes us, not matter how distateful that may be.

It's kind of like buying a beautiful house, and then one day you are planting roses and you dig up a bone that has a ring on it... Do you just ignore it or deal with the devastating reality that something awful has just been discovered.