Long before the torture photos from Abu Ghraib were made public, the Red Cross, Amnesty International, and other organizations suspected that this sort of thing was going on. But nobody wanted to believe that Americans would torture people. When the photos hit our computer screens, the horrible truth was right there for all the world to see. It could no longer be denied.
Joseph Darby, who had turned the photos over to the authorities, should be considered a hero. Instead, his home town turned against him. This hero -- this person of conscience -- remains a pariah. [Read story.]
In the meantime, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, and the other high-ranking folks who defined the U.S. torture policy in the "war on terror" continue to be showered with praise by George W. Bush.
The good guy is bad, the bad guys are good, up is down, down is up.
God bless America.
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