Perhaps the best reason to release the photos is that, until we do, we will never be able to comprehend the meaning of this story in full, never be able to truly put this behind us, and never be able to correct the wrongs.
Healing necessarily begins with acknowledging you have a problem.
democracy doesn't work when you sweep issues under the rug.It sounds like a survivor from an alcoholic family, let's keep this a secret, so that no one has to be affected by it and if it happens again, let's keep it a secret so no one has to be affected by it, and also if it happens again, let's keep it a secret, let's don't let it out so no one has to be unduly affected by it.
I suppose that if the pictures were realeased, that it would mean the beginning of the end of Bush Inc., for many things. However, we know that the pictures exist and we know what the pictures and videos contain, right? This last minute cover-up will not last for long, but I am of the opinion that knowledge is power. The mere fact that these acts took place and that the DOD took evasive action should be more than telling. Of course, the problem is that they will mitigate the severity of the situation either by pretending [publicly or by omission that] these atrocities didn't happen or by going back to the argument that these were the actions of a few and should not be considered the policy of the White House.
And in response to MagicJay's funny post:
"Yes, we've tortured people, we've put people in camps for years without being charged or having representation, we've killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, we've ignored or refused to sign international treaties, we've increased terrorism throughout the world, we've raped women and children, we've exposed covert CIA operatives in order to exact petty revenge, we've lied about everything from reasons to go to war to phony turkeys on Thanksgiving, but no one in this administration had a blow job. At least we have our priorities straight."
