Originally Posted by roachboy

i don't follow the argument the administration is making. it seems to me that this is entirely a bone tossed to the military and intelligence communities; the rationale is most likely some vague thing about "morale"---as if that were the issue at stake in this. so it seems to me a kinda cheap political expedient that's being pitched with a superficial, not terribly coherent argument.

that said, i would prefer to see the photos released as evidence in a criminal prosecution of the architects of the policy. the people who carried out the orders have seemed to me in a more problematic situation from the viewpoint of prosecution---primarily because the united states did not commit the only real crime against humanity, which is losing a war and being occupied by another power.

i agree with the other rb above, that the main effect of this information should be a significant period of reflection and a revamp of rules that would prevent such excesses of conservative enthusiasm from happening again.