Word: ghraib
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...Jordan Levin flatly apologized to advertisers, in particular by practically promising to commit ritual suicide for having decided, last year, to focus on scripted rather than reality shows. "We will never make that mistake again," he pledged, mustering as much contrition as an entire administration did over the Abu Ghraib scandal...
...prisoners have swept the world over the last two weeks, giving the country pause as the United States barely holds its nation-building effort together. A week ago, too, after months of concealing the full story, the Pentagon showed Congress over 1,600 additional photographs of atrocities at Abu Ghraib. It is becoming clear that this developing scandal is not a matter of a few “bad apples,” but rather the fault of this entire executive branch. For these horrific acts and the cover-up that followed, we echo the call of others...
...prisoner abuse, in addition to its intrinsic evil, has further tarnished the image of America worldwide, particularly in the Middle East. Already, pundits across the world are comparing Abu Ghraib to My Lai, the infamous massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. forces in 1968. This damage may become irreparable unless decisive action is taken immediately. The nation must dissociate itself from those who allowed the torture and death of detainees to take place under their watch, and Americans must prove that they are serious when they say that such practices are not “the true face of America...
...nation suffered the disgrace of Abu Ghraib last week, I traveled through Turkey and Jordan--our staunchest Islamic allies in the region--and talked with moderate politicians, businesspeople and military officials. Most found Bush's moral talk either duplicitous or fatuous. "Liberate Iraq? Rubbish," said a prominent Jordanian businessman. "You occupy Iraq for the strategic and economic benefits. You are building the largest embassy in the world in Baghdad. Halliburton and Bechtel are running everything, at enormous profits. And then I watch Bush on Al-Arabiya and all I see is his sense of moral superiority. He brings democracy...
...Ghraib made a mockery of American idealism. It made all the baser motives--oil, dad, Israel--more believable. And it represents all the moral complexities this President has chosen to ignore--all the perverse consequences of an occupation...