Posted by
Noel Gibeson on Monday, October 16, 2006 8:17:15 AM
The Washington Post continues to work to sway voters towards the Democratic 2006 ticket. On October 13, 2006 in Prison Atrocities Close to Home, Far From This Century, they unsuccessfully attempted to tie the prison administration of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib with prison administration of American Civil War era Andersonville. Of course to any knowledgable high school student of history, there is no comparison because almost 13,000 Union soldiers died at Andersonville. The article begins:
"Before the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay inspired horror and debate over prisoner abuse committed by U.S. troops, there was Camp Sumter. The Civil War camp better known as Andersonville and its commandant, Capt. Henry Wirz of the Confederate Army, stand apart as the epitome of cruelty toward prisoners. About 13,000 Union soldiers wasted away in inhumane conditions at the Southern camp under Wirz's watch."
When we see distortions like this in the Washington Post article there is only one conclusion: Facts have nothing to do with their level and quality of reporting; it is only politics that matter.
Noel Gibeson