Well said.


>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051301751.html
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>>A month after making public once-classified Justice Department memos detailing the Bush administration's coercive methods of interrogation, President Obama yesterday chose secrecy over disclosure, saying he will seek to block the court-ordered release of photographs depicting the abuse of detainees held by U.S. authorities abroad.
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>>"The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals," Obama said yesterday. "In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in danger."
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>>Flip-flopping is fine (better than fine) when it comes about after close review and consideration.
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>>One day the photos may be released (and should be). However, now is not the time to inflame old wounds.
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>In my humble opinion, the whole thing about releasing or non-releasing photos, and/or how the President reacts to it, etc. is very stupid. Basically, this house (i.e. the country, i apologize for generalization) is on fire: budget is misbalanced to the point when the word 'budget' should not be used; the economy continues contracting; unemployment is in double-digits; and hyper-inflation is just around the corner. Certainly, gitmo's photo-ops or e.g. global warming misfortunes (ahh.. another iceberg went down in Greenland) have the highest level of importance; anything else can be just labeled as 'better-than-expected', or, at worst, that 'something needs to be done'.