ABUSE IS ABUSE IS ABUSE

Margaret Carlson on what is absurd: not the allegations of Amnesty International, but BushCo's spin.

I feel like I have to note I come from a military family if I so much as criticize unarmored Humvees or else risk being accused of being unpatriotic. Bush on May 31 said that only those who hate America would allege such abuse. But if the charges are true, it is the perpetrators and their superiors who show contempt for America and what it represents.

Watching the government stonewalling and lie about the fatal beating of an innocent man is as disturbing as watching the torture McCain suffered 30 years ago rather than betray what America stands for.