Remember how shocked Americans were when the photos of Iranian prisoners in Abu Ghraib were released. Remember how the male prisoners were forced to disrobe in front of American soldiers and ;pile on top of each other. Remember how those photos led to changes in the treatment.
In an article today in the New York Times magazine by Peter C. Baker, Mr. Baker points out that the Trump administration would have released those photos, bragged about the treatment, and laughed about what the administration was doing.
If you don’t believe that, look at the way Kristie Noem posed in front of the prisoners in El Salvador. We have become a vile and disgusting country.
In Timothy Snyder's essay yesterday that the incompetence and hubris of the Trump administration makes us ripe for the next terrorist attack.
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And What Comes After
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