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Ein shonda fer der goyim.

Disturbing.

Not because it's pandering or purely a political decision, but because I'm going to be forced to travel different avenues to quench my thirst for images of brown people being debased.


Really it's a no-win. Release the pictures and have one group enraged at the images depicted, or withhold the pictures and sow further seeds of suspicion. Personally I'd be more apt to just release them with an ample amount of humility and heartfelt apology, but that's because as a fan of man I optimistically believe people appreciate transparency and remorse. Even brown people.

I have to agree. It's better to bring them out, let the world know that he considers them extremely ****** up, make nice and say he's sorry, and get it out of the closet.

Either way it doesn't affect me on a personal level, but I do find it abhorrent that the ACLU actually *wants* these photographs for some reason. Most of the people that were responsible for committing the acts depicted in the last round of photos have already been court martialed and are serving prison sentences. There's only two things that releasing these images will accomplish.

1) Add further fuel the ACLU's campaign to make everyone realize that everyone sucks, but leaving open avenues of legal recourse incase someone tries to tell you that you suck more than they do.

and

2) Image macro fodder for *chan's /b/ board.



There's also a chance that once the images make their way into the hands of Jihadist that we'll see a few more roadside IIDs and attacks against Americans and American interests.

Feh. People make my head hurt.

In my mind, the people who are at present so bitterly opposed to the US as to employ violence are for the most part already lost.

The people who are on the brink or moving in that direction would be more likely dissuaded by genuine remorse and honesty than broken promises which are easily manipulated into corrosive suspicion.

I think Obama's decision is a political one more about the climate at home, and pandering to a demographic that for a myriad of reasons(shame, pride, fear, etc) desires the images be withheld.

I'd find it more disturbing if I thought it was truly significant in the grand scheme, but really it just strikes me as an easily tossed bone to pacify some of our more dull-brained citizens.

Clicked on the link, then realized I might find some stuff I don't want to see on my work PC. I think they should be released right now... pretty much exactly as BT said.