Over on the ever-excellent Fafblog, the Medium Lobster sums up the current Bushie spin on the war-atrocities committed by the US occupying forces in Iraq:
– The activities
that occurred at Abu Ghuraib prison are not to be compared to those of
Saddam Hussein's rape rooms and torture chambers. After all, those were
rape rooms and torture chambers. These were merely rooms in which rape occurred, and chambers in which individuals were tortured.– In war, atrocities will happen, as dew on the grass in the morning, or
flower blossoms in the spring. The dew gathers. The buds open. The
atrocities bloom. It is all according to the mysterious, ever-unfolding
cycle of life – a cycle too vast and complex for mere mortals to
comprehend.– These were isolated incidents, and the behavior of
these prison guards should in no way reflect upon the military
superiors who endorsed and promoted such behavior. This is because
atrocities are supervenient on subordinates, but not on command
structures. Those with greater learning will understand.