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To: Grainne who wrote (105455)	5/30/2005 8:06:50 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 108807

I don't think first hand of Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo is necessary to decide what one thinks. Not what one thinks, of course; one can think anything based on anything. But what one knows is a different issue. IMO, virtually every body reporting anything from either Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo has a political agenda. You mentioned several specific sources. Released detainees have a highly political agenda, and also in many cases lack objectivity about their experiences. The International Red Cross and foreign press have quite political agendas. I believe we are -- certainly I am, and I think anybody else relying on second and third and fourth hand reports is -- very, very far from knowing what the truth is, even assuming there is such a thing as "the truth" in this situation, which actually I don't think there is. Nor do we have any real sense of what the context is, and as I think all thinking people realize, context is an essential ingredient of understanding. I also recognize that third party criticism is very easy to do in any aspect of life, particularly one where people are under stress. Monday morning quarterbacking is easy. I try not to fall prey to it myself.

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