How is Obama hurting the state of the nation by preventing this information from coming forth?
Well, the official excuse is it’s being hidden from the Muslim world. But the Muslim world doesn’t need more evidence of American torture and war crimes. They live it. This is aimed at preventing American citizens from seeing this stuff. I don’t think people in Iraq or Afghanistan need more evidence. How much more do they need? There’s always going to be that dogged minority searching for the truth but for the mass majority of people if you could keep it out of their minds, it makes sense. Obama is planning to expand these wars. He already has. So he needs public support. If these photos come out, it’s going to get a lot of play, create a furor, and it’s going to result in damage control and that’s not where Obama wants to be right now, especially with his popularity figures and general lack of dissonance against his presidency. You’ve expressed some disappointment with The Nation recently. What has The Nation done that’s gotten you so upset? I’ve been reading The Nation since 1983. Th
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