Comments on: Iraq Detainees Held in Small Crates http://themoderatevoice.com/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:29:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ramsay http://themoderatevoice.com/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/comment-page-1/#comment-127882 Ramsay Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:02:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/#comment-127882 What a bitter shame it is that the nation that was so instrumental in defeating the Nazi regime is now encouraging its own officials to behave like the Gestapo What a bitter shame it is that the nation that was so instrumental in defeating the Nazi regime is now encouraging its own officials to behave like the Gestapo

]]> By: RememberNovember http://themoderatevoice.com/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/comment-page-1/#comment-127881 RememberNovember Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:12:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/#comment-127881 can this administration get any more despicable? They have become the monsters they swore to fight against- if AQ was reported as doing this, wouldn't people be outraged?<br>If they were taking our soldiers and putting them in piles and hooking electrodes to their genitals, wouldn't that be torture?We'd be screaming bloody murder, yer damn right we would!<br><br>Is it outrage fatique we feel, in so much that we barely bat an eye when we see DOJ officials violating laws and getting off scot-free? Guilt reaction formation? The American psyche is like a battered and abused spouse. We need an intervention. can this administration get any more despicable? They have become the monsters they swore to fight against- if AQ was reported as doing this, wouldn't people be outraged?
If they were taking our soldiers and putting them in piles and hooking electrodes to their genitals, wouldn't that be torture?We'd be screaming bloody murder, yer damn right we would!

Is it outrage fatique we feel, in so much that we barely bat an eye when we see DOJ officials violating laws and getting off scot-free? Guilt reaction formation? The American psyche is like a battered and abused spouse. We need an intervention.

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/comment-page-1/#comment-127877 Rudi Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:25:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/#comment-127877 This is immoral and just steps away from the tiger cages of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Son_Island_prison">Con Son Island prison</a>. We won the Cold War by taking the moral high ground, this is national disgrace. Woo and others need to be subject to Congressional hearings if not war crimrs tribunals. This is immoral and just steps away from the tiger cages of Con Son Island prison. We won the Cold War by taking the moral high ground, this is national disgrace. Woo and others need to be subject to Congressional hearings if not war crimrs tribunals.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/comment-page-1/#comment-127869 JSpencer Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:48:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/general/21749/iraq-detainees-held-in-small-crates/#comment-127869 "The wooden boxes are only 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 feet tall, but the Bush Administration insists that it is a perfectly humane way to hold detainees. "<br><br>I hardly know where to start. Night is day. Black is white. War is peace. You know the drill. I'd like to see the "humanity" of this tested on it's supporters, preferably after a nice refreshing bout with a waterboard. “The wooden boxes are only 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 feet tall, but the Bush Administration insists that it is a perfectly humane way to hold detainees. “

I hardly know where to start. Night is day. Black is white. War is peace. You know the drill. I'd like to see the “humanity” of this tested on it's supporters, preferably after a nice refreshing bout with a waterboard.

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