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May 28, 2006

Cameras Get U.S. in Trouble Again

We really ought to outlaw and confiscate all cameras, both still and video. They just keep getting us in trouble in Iraq.

If it hadn't been for cameras, we would have been able to keep the Abu Ghraib prison scandal from erupting. Nobody would have believed our military did what those released terrorist suspects were saying they did. After all, what credibility do former prisoners have, especially brown-skinned ones?

Now the camera has us in trouble again. When angry Marines murdered a couple of dozen civilians last November, they and their higher-ups decided to cover it up. They might well have succeeded except for the fact that someone had a video camera and gave the tape to Time magazine and Arab television stations.

Now, the military is investigating and John Murtha is speaking out again, calling the incident "worse than Abu Ghraib." Our ability to find any kind of diplomatic solution to the problems in Iraq is further undermined, as is our reputation in the Middle East. Darned cameras, anyway.

Posted by Becky at May 28, 2006 11:36 AM

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