Hersh blasts White House's 'crusade' (Ithaca College)

[struggle4progress]

<snip> "The idea that (the abuse) was generated by that unit is preposterous," Hersh said of the Army's 800th Military Police Brigade, which was in charge of the Abu Ghraib prison. "It was a technique to break people." <snip>

"I knew about the story about four months before I published the article," he said. "But the idea of writing the story then was not possible. The machine would have ground it up. Not only the government, but also my peers."

Hersh said the country has never seen as much "systematic distortion of facts" as it has with the Bush administration and the Iraq war. The real story of the war may never be known, though, because we are so far away from it, Hersh said.

"It is hard to understand the impact we've had," Hersh said. "It is hard for us sitting in this warm auditorium. Two foreign diplomats told me today that it is intolerable for the people over there. Are you going to believe Bush on Iraq?" Hersh said, "Or are you going to believe what you see, what you hear and what you feel inside?" <snip>

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050325/localnews/2094593.html

[bpilgrim]

1. if we continue to refuse to hold ALL those responsible ACCOUNTABLE we will

be brought before the ICC in absentia


http://images.globalfreepress.com

peace

[chlamor]

2. Heard his talk- Quirky character and probably knows too much

He railed on US media. Worst he's ever seen it.

[bpilgrim]

3. horribly accurate image

:toast:

you should add it to the image blog...
http://images.globalfreepress.com

:hi:

peace

[chlamor]

4. How to

add to image blog. Are there directions for the computer illiterate? Tell me how. I'll try.
This article merits a look. Wow.
Remember Falluja: Demonising Place, Constructing Atrocity

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m10670

I'm making a portfolio of images to enlarge and put out in the public sphere around town. It is all just so appalling and people have to see it even if it is agonizing. Somehow we must wake up.

[bpilgrim]

5. it's easy...

http://images.GlobalFreePress.com

first create an account...
http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/register.php

then upload at will ;->

this way we can have a permanent archive to refer back to and post their image urls in your favorite blogs to remind folks that the neoCONs have no mandate.

also, add a link to the source, if possible, and any accompanying text if available, please.

don't forget to vote and comment on your favorite images as well =)

if you have any problems ping me at DU.

good luck with your project it sounds like an excellent idea :toast:

peace