…these pictures are the result of investigations into unsanctioned detainee abuse. While the abuse may be the result of a policy policy on detainee treatment, the incidents pictured are cases when the policies were not followed. The pictures are likely to be graphic and incredibly inflammatory. We have a couple of actual wars where we’re trying to win the support—or at least apathy—of a population. Presented out of context—as they undoubtedly would be—the photographs might suggest both that the abusers were following U.S. policy and that American soldiers and civilians supported this kind of treatment. I think it is quite accurate that releasing these pictures would lead fairly directly to an increase in anti-U.S. sentiment and the spread of misinformation about what our policies are.

Squashed: Should Obama release the torture investigation photographs?

Also, those who took part in the abuse have already been prosecuted and sentenced. You break the law, you serve the time, period. As with any big organization, there’s bound to be a few bad apples. You get rid of these bad apples. To release these pictures would make these bad apples representatives of the military. It would, as Squashed suggested, make our servicemen look like savages who are out to torture and abuse anyone that comes their way. Obviously, most of the men and women who are out there protecting our freedoms are honorable people. I consider them heroes.

Releasing these photos would’ve been disastrous to our national security, not that the ACLU cares about this. Their interest is to partake in a witch hunt, further divide the country, and get the partisan revenge they so desire. By standing up to the fraudulent ACLU, it seems that Obama is finally going from campaigner and puppet of the far-left to President of the United States of America.

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