tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post114021522578187386..comments2023-08-09T11:39:10.404-04:00Comments on elemental visions: Torture, Inc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post-1140480760121164402006-02-20T19:12:00.000-05:002006-02-20T19:12:00.000-05:00I always liked the "but they cut off heads" argume...I always liked the "but they cut off heads" argument.CNKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254390497506219715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post-1140470359443005942006-02-20T16:19:00.000-05:002006-02-20T16:19:00.000-05:00had a conversation with a Ugandan friend who works...had a conversation with a Ugandan friend who works in Saudi once about this, I mentioned all the arab regimes and said it was a little in poor taste for them to start slamming the Americans for torturing & killing Arabs ("No! That's our job! Outsourcing is good for you AND you keep your hands clean!")... he answered that they don't promise freedom and democracy, and nobody's under any illusions that there's a "birth of a tolerant, prosperous and peaceful middle-east democracy". <BR/><BR/>Words and ideas do matter, and if one claims to be fighting on the side of 'light and good', one had better be damn sure one's not equivocating about the "means justifying the ends" - and that's from my mouth to the ear of whichever jihadi, soldier, or spy who wants to listen...<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, God help us all, we could be living in the "Armageddon-End Times" that Reagan and Falwell were dreaming of, the one that they helped give birth to...dawud al-gharibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807541650700829377noreply@blogger.com