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It Was a Caterpillar
Commentary Magazine ^ | April 17, 2009 | Abe Greenwald

Posted on 04/17/2009 6:50:03 AM PDT by Jbny

Bug-Gate is bad, folks, really bad. But I remain convinced that the only way we’ll ever bring this “dark and painful chapter in our history” to a close is to face the horror of if full on. Only then can we heal as a nation. So steel yourself for what comes next:

(Excerpt) Read more at commentarymagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cia; insect; terrorism; torture

1 posted on 04/17/2009 6:50:03 AM PDT by Jbny
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To: Jbny

Remember, that caterpillar was going to turn into a flesh-eating butterfly!


2 posted on 04/17/2009 6:53:28 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Jbny

Could be serious. Rachel Corrie had a caterpillar applied to her face and it killed her.


3 posted on 04/17/2009 6:57:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (American Revolution II -- overdue)
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To: Jbny
Hory Cow, Dick Chaney call in Mothra! What next, Godzilla?
4 posted on 04/17/2009 6:58:24 AM PDT by Old North State
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To: ClearCase_guy

Must....not....laugh.


5 posted on 04/17/2009 6:58:48 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Dr. Ursus

I saw that happen on Spongebob. He was terrified.


6 posted on 04/17/2009 7:03:02 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Jbny

7 posted on 04/17/2009 7:10:07 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Dr. Ursus

“Does the sadism of Dick Cheney know no bounds!”

http://digg.com/political_opinion/Does_the_sadism_of_Dick_Cheney_know_no_bounds


8 posted on 04/17/2009 7:15:25 AM PDT by villagerjoel ("Income tax is involuntary servitude" - Ron Paul)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Could be serious. Rachel Corrie had a caterpillar applied to her face and it killed her.

I don't care how rude or crude your remark was, but you do owe me a new keyboard!

9 posted on 04/17/2009 7:20:56 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Don't blame me...I voted for Palin!)
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To: villagerjoel

Plus,they broadcast Bart Simpson say in Arabic-”eat my shorts.”


10 posted on 04/17/2009 7:21:09 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Jbny

RUN!!!!!!!!!!

11 posted on 04/17/2009 7:24:23 AM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
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To: Jbny

The conclusion of an email I sent out to friends on this subject:


Oh Golly. Placing a detainee in a confined space WITH A CATERPILLAR was so brutal that it received high level legal review. ONE CATERPILLAR!

Think of the guys captured during the first Gulf War. Remember the British fliers, and their bruised faces?

Think of John McCain in Vietnam. To this day, he can’t comb his own hair.

Think of the prisoners held in Korea, many of whom didn’t live to return.

Think of the prisoners held in WW2. Did you ever see ‘The Great Escape’?

If tossing a caterpillar on someone requires legal review, then I know all I need to know about the ruthlessness of GW Bush and his cabal of criminals!

If you run into someone complaining about US torture of prisoners, flick a caterpillar on him. Go ahead! It has already received legal review...


I’m reading a book by a missionary captured in the opening of the Korean War. Somehow, I doubt he would find this as cruel treatment...
Good to know, too! When I was in elementary school, we used to do that to little girls...I’ve got a lifetime of torturing behind me.


12 posted on 04/17/2009 7:35:17 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Obama - Making Jimmy Carter look like a giant!)
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To: Jbny

LOL


13 posted on 04/17/2009 8:03:33 AM PDT by sickoflibs (RNC Party Theme : "We may be socialists, but they are Marxists!")
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To: Mr Rogers
Here's a war story for you.

I went to the NCO Academy and they invited a former AF Pilot who had been a POW to speak at graduation. I wish I could remember his name because he gave great speech.

He told us about ejecting from his plane after it was hit by a SAM. He was on fire when he bailed out and was severely burned. He also broke his back. He was beaten by the people that captured him and turned over to the Viet Cong. They put his hands behind his back and tied them to his ankles and then hung him up like that for four days - broken back and all. He spent several years in captivity and endured starvation, days of sleep deprivation, years of solitary confinement, beatings, he was burned with branding irons, and had his fingers broken. I guess he was lucky that they didn't show him any bugs.

14 posted on 04/17/2009 8:05:44 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: Salamander

MAn, this is worse than the dreaded panties.


15 posted on 04/17/2009 8:42:07 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Jbny

OHMYGOSH!!!! That AWFUL, MEAN, HATEFUL George Bush actually put prisoners in a box with a WILD ANIMAL?!?!?!

HOW inhumane!!! I’m SOOOOOOOO ashamed of my country!!!! boo! hoooooooooooooo!!!!


16 posted on 04/17/2009 9:43:02 AM PDT by J40000
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To: cajungirl

The ultimate brutality:

Killer rabbits.


17 posted on 04/17/2009 9:58:28 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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