What I want to know is why he was held for 19 months without charges - unless there was military necessity for it, meaning there was reasonable basis to think it would be dangerous to release him. I haven't seen any, and I don't like the idea of holding non-POWs without charges. But really, Host, you don't find it unremarkable that the people you quote -- who are deeply invested (emotionally, intellectually, etc) in the Iraq enterprise, and have been loudly screaming that the press is undermining it -- would have similar reactions?
I would suspect that if you went rounding up some left-side reactions after, say, the 2006 elections, they would read very similarly, too. Think of the numbers of people and outlets involved (on both sides) and you'll conclude that it's unavoidable.
This whole thing is much ado about nothing.
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