Tangled Webs
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
Sir Walter Scott
The White House is going ballistic over Newsweek’s article alleging abuse of the Koran by interrogators in various prisons where terrorist suspects are held. And it’s not a quiet phone call to the editor, but a full-fledged attack that blames Newsweek for the riots in Afghanistan that have killed a number of people. It’s a mess, but hard to determine if it’s Newsweek’s mess or yet another example of how badly the ‘wars’ in Iraq and Afghanistan have been managed.
There’s probably not anyone who isn’t pretty much sick to death of how the U.S. military runs its prisons. And so, when Newsweek reports that the Koran has been systematically desecrated, denials don’t have the moral authority one might hope for, as the administration cries foul. Instances of throwing the holy Koran on the ground, kicking it into latrine corners, tearing out its p…