Good :Obama Blocks Abu Photo Release

Good, Abu and its misrepresentation is something that always ticks me off.


I did a tour there, (my only one) in 2005. One of the issues that truly infuriates me is the media and the left's love affair with the abuse scandal. Understand I am glad the soldiers who committed the abuse were jailed, I read the Taguba report the and the breakdown from top to bottom with this missions was a disgrace. But this is what it was like when I was there:

• Detainees received health care including free glasses and dental work.
• They received three meals a day, cooked and with plenty to spare.
• They were able to have family visitation while in the prison.
• They were able to lodge formal complaints.
• The Tents were air conditioned and heated to deal with the weather.
• For all intensive purposes they were left alone. People do not understand that in the big camps the detainees essentially loved among themselves with only marginal dealings with US Soldiers.
• On election day in regards to ratifying their new Constitution they were all entitled to vote.
• Phones were being installed when I left so detainees could call home.
• They were provided with radios so they could listen to talk shows and music. The talk shows often included "shout outs" from their families who would call in.
• When released they were given fresh cloths and some petty cash as well as a free ride back to what part of the country they were from.
• Absolute religious freedom to the point that we would lend our Bull Horns to the detainees so they could do the call to prayer for the whole camp to see.

The Decision to release would have cost lives and now they are set to fight it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a reversal, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would fight the release of dozens of photographs showing the abuse of terrorism suspects, over concern the images could ignite a backlash against U.S. troops.

The decision was a blow to some liberals in Obama's Democratic Party who see the photos as part of a broader effort to investigate Bush-era officials and cleanse America's image abroad.

Just last month the Obama administration had said it would comply with a court order to release the pictures by May 28, saying legal options for appealing the case had been limited.

Good Choice. By the way this officer is a disgrace.