As the Bush presidency comes to an end there are numerous articles being writen examining the last eight years. Even Alberto Gonzales says he is writing a book that will tell all and he believes he is a casualty of the administration. So it will be difficult to weed out all of the articles and decide which have real meaning.
An article from Consortium News has been brought to my attention. The article discusses the torture of Iraqi prisoners and the effect it has had on information, deaths of American soldiers and on the world's opinion of the United States. The article is titled "Torture and the Surge".
The link to the is article is http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/122608.html
The article uses an interview by one of a team of Air Force criminal investigators who discusses the impact of the torture on the lives of the American soldiers and how it actually increased the number of US and Iraqi deaths.
The article also uses, surprisingly enough, an interview with ex defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
What I found interesting is that from two very different men their conclusions were not so different.
The article is worth a read just to see what the future impact to our country could be as a result of the way we treated prisoners.
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