Apparently, there are some missing CIA torture tapes somewhere, that have been destroyed. Democrats are using this to attack Republicans and further Malign the Bush Administration, but that is just politics as usual and we can expect such things to occur, no surprise there. But, let's put the politics aside for a moment and consider the bigger picture here, without condoning what was or wasn't done, because there is no proof either way.
Regardless of who destroyed the tapes or why, one should consider what happened last time tapes ended up in public. The Abu Grave tapes ended up on the Internet. That damaged our mission in Iraq and nixed the chances of"winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people" even after the wonderful purple finger voting and signs that democracy was on the march.
If such tapes were used as a political football by the Democrats during this election process, that could have really hurt all our efforts in Iraq and the trillion plus dollars spent. Additionally, lets not forget that we have Video Tapes, played on Al Jazeera of Al Qaeda, cutting off the heads of captured civilians. Plus, we have found torture chambers from Saddam Hussein, and insurgents, where power tools, drills, etc, have been used on folks and those who made it out alive have holes in their skulls and bodies.
Those tapes, no matter what was on them, mild or fairly bad - should be destroyed. It is in the best interest of our nation. Regardless of the after the fact reality of why terrorists (who plan on killing innocent civilians) were supposedly tortures or not, or to what degree. If the White House ordered them deleted from the record and incinerated, then actually that is a good thing. Besides, it is time to bridge the gap and let the partisan politics that govern fabricated realities and feed the mass media hysteria, have the Christmas Vacation off.
Americans deserve a break from this stuff. Everyone should take a deep breath and come back after the holidays and forget about this episode. We have more important things to worry about right now and we need not divide ourselves, spread negativity or give more excuses to the World Media, which seems to condemn us every chance they get. Something to contemplate in 2008.
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