[Marxism] Re: Does NYTimes finally get it?

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Actually, this has nothing to do with the Newsweek affair, but rather
with
>the fact that the Army is prosecuting some of these soldiers.

>I think the NYT article is actually directed at supporting the liberal
>argument that all of these abuses are sole responsablity of a few
rotten
>apples, and not a systemic undertaking. -- sks


The article is about prison abuse and how persuasive it is. It was, of
course, not assigned or written directly in response to Newsweek,
although some language might have been changed at the last minute.

It is an in-depth analysis about the breadth and the depth of the evil,
which began in Afghanistan. Of course, it began much earlier. It is
also practiced in Latin America by U.S. military and CIA surrogates and
in the Middle East by other surrogates through the rendition process.

The thrust of the article is not that the murders and other tortures
"are sole responsibility of a few." The emphasis is how long the
coverup has been going on, how mild the sentences are, that the
offenders were then transferred to Abu Ghraib, that the commanding
officer claimed to know nothing, that the Rumsfeld directives gave them
cover, etc.

In fact, liberals overwhelmingly, excluding the foul nest in congress
(and who knows or cares what they really BELIEVE), believe that these
abuses involve much more than a few rotten apples and go all the way to
the top.

Regarding the fuss over Newseek, the handling of an article like this
is always planned: Is it front page or inside? Should it be a lead
article or below the fold? Run it today or Saturday? etc.

Brian Shannon


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