Quote:
|
Originally Posted by sycamore
Whether this is true or not, we're fucked either way.
|
The word is credibility. Did they throw Korans down the toilet? Well don't think of them as books. Think of pocket books that when open can easily fit in your palm. In Arabic media, an equivalent to the O'Reilly Factor interviewed two former prisoners from Guantanamo. Both said they saw Korans thrown down the toilet. Furthermore, I was hearing these accusation being made at least one one year ago in international broadcasts. Somehow, the accusation was only recently picked up by, for example, a famous sportsman now turned commentator in Pakistan. It was not just Newsweek that had been making these accusations.
Look. Those men were held for years in Guantanamo and then released - not even accued of any crimes. The same people who held those two men illegally (the US Government) will be considered honest when saying the Koran was not thrown down the toilet? They lied about the prisoners being al Qaeda. These men also said they were tortured. This is reported to be ordered from the White House that simply decided to change the definition of torture.
Credibility was only one of many things lost when torture was authorized in the highest levels of the American government. Where are all those who, in the Cellar, said that torture is a legitamite tool for interrogation. Why are they suddenly so silent? Why are they not out here avidly defending the credibility of a White House that authorized torture, denied it, and now tries to claim the Koran was not abused. Or has the definition of 'toilet' also changed?
Credibility is even that low among one of Americans stronger supporters.
This comic published in Indian newspapers shows a worried Uncle Sam throwing copies of Newsweek down the toilet. Its all about credibility. The US does not even have one fluent Arabic speaker on the White House staff. But somehow they just know that the Arabic nations will trust them? American credibility therefore is even difficult in India.