[ladyinred]

These stories are horrific, and should be told. However, I have a problem with the fact that they weren't told before. Am I alone in this, or does anyone else feel this should never have been kept quiet? I can't understand how any human being could go around with these secrets for so long while people were being tortured and killed by this evil regime.

[daviddennis]

One reason is that it wasn't kept quiet.

The information was there for anyone who cared to look.

For example, the State Department's human rights report on Iraq should give you an idea of how dissent is treated.

It has been well known for decades what Saddam's regime is actually like. Tragically, many members of the left and the press didn't care.

D