Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall December 30, 2006 08:10 AM:
Looking at the photo the NYT is leading with on its homepage, I am struck by the motley bunch of executioners. Hooded to protect their identities, they look like a gang of toughs from a B movie–or, on further reflection, like the hooded terrorists who in the earlier days of our occupation were murdering hostages like Nick Berg, on camera, for maximum shock value.
Amazing. 3000 US soldiers dead, thousands more wounded, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed and wounded, all so some guys in hoods and masks could make someone’s revenge fantasy come true. Rule of Law, my sweet bippy.