Reply #416: Protect the troops?

[droidamus2]

The excuse I heard for this is that if our enemies see these pictures it might put our captured troops at risk. This sounds like a major KYA by the military to me. They know that if we have to talk about this torture in the theoretical because we don't get to see that hard evidence it will be much easier for them to convince people it 'wasn't really that bad'. It is a big problem for new presidents in this country that they have to deal with people in the military and government that have had years to perfect their ability to convince people that exposing the crap they do is bad for the country. I was hoping that Obama had the balls to go his own way and let things fall where they may. I more and more see that he promises to do something and then goes behind closed doors that it might effect negatively and he comes out the other side with a moderated or opposite point of view. Overall I am real happy with President Obama but he has to realize that the vested interests in DC will fight tooth and nail to protect their own massive asses.