Here comes the ex post facto crap
A commenter just mentioned a video showing an American being beheading by an Iraqi militant. I hadn't heard of it; but then I haven't been reading the news today, as I said earlier. This one came to me by email, this url
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/middleeast/11CND-BEHE.html?hp
And I still ain't reading the news.
But I'm expecting this to be given as justification for the widespread torture of Iraqi prisoners whose involvement in terrorism was so doubtful half of them could be released immediately.
The whole thing reminds me of a Taoist saying along the lines of "The superior man in indestructible because he knows better than to place himself in unnecessary danger."
No matter how you look at it, the repercussions for this elective war…for which every single supporting reason, including moral superiority, has proven false…must be laid at the doorstep of those who elected to do it. They placed thousands in unnecessary danger. Without that decision, none of the atrocities would have come about.
