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> Seymour Hersh : The US government has videotapes of boys being sodomized at Abu Ghraib prison.

17 July 2004, 20:43

you (we) all need to take a long hard look in the mirror. These problems have existed in our society long before 9/11, long before the current war. I don’t single out the USA; instead I’d argue that this is the dark side of human nature, and that this sort of thing always happens in violently hierarchical systems (take a look at your county jail or the penal system at large).

So no, whether you can accept it or not, Amerikkka is an accurate description of the state of the nation, and all citizens are guilty by association. I’m not so cynical or bleak that I say this is the ONLY picture that can be painted of this country, merely a single portrait whose accuracy is now visible to the entire world. We judge others by their actions, no reason to do otherwise for ourselves.