Because We Have Nothing Better To Keep Obsessing About
And because all the other photos, along with the prosecutions, international condemnation and and political recriminations weren’t enough, the DoD will release 44 more photos depicting possible abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan in response to a 2004 ACLU lawsuit. FOX.
That’s fine. It’s a free country, with a government that is compelled to respond to citizens’ petitions.
What a strangely marvelous thing it must be to be an enemy of the United States. Feted and exalted as folk heroes by Euro-weenies and the American left, lavishly rewarded by the United States itself upon eventual ultimate defeat, with a well-financed, no-heavy-lifting assist on the propaganda front.
For the record: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed exactly no lawsuits against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Saudi banking system, Pakistan’s ISI, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraq’s former Baathist regime, the former Soviet regime, the current Cuban one, or any number of other associated entities for denying thousands of Americans their civil liberties or being complicit in the denial of a massive pile of American civil liberties up to and including life and the pursuit of happiness, though all of those entities at different times have operated and/or had assets and agents in the United States. I’m just guessing, because I’ve never heard of that man biting that particular dog, so please correct me if I’m wrong.
Topics: America, al qaeda, lawyers
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:27 am on Friday, April 24, 2009
3 Responses to “Because We Have Nothing Better To Keep Obsessing About”
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April 24th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Remind me how “American” got into the ACLU’s name.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Their initial premise was correct. They were successively overtaken by old Bolsheveks, 60’s radicals, and today’s pseudo-anarchists, and all because they didn’t stop to consider, and guard against, some of the more dire ramifications of life in an open society.
It will be almost impossible to get rid of their corrupted presence, but perhaps many democratically-minded individuals might begin contrarian pro bono class action suites for anything and everything in order to keep them busy, and out of the public interest’s way. I’d like to sue my old boss for being such an ignorant, sexist shit, for instance.
April 25th, 2009 at 12:27 am
They had to hide their agenda somehow.