Privatizing Abuse

Now we're hearing reports about private contractors being involved in Abu Graib. There's nothing surprising about that. Since the current occupation of Iraq is being run by the original Night of the Living Dead (particularly Rumsfeld and Cheney), nothing should surprise you when it comes to "interrogation methods and tactics". After all, the original theme of the invasion of Iraq was the end justifies the means.

The really interesting thing is to look back on the Conservative press in the US when the abuses at Abu Graib first surfaced. Here is an overview of who blamed whom.

Fundamentalism by any other name ...