The problem with the US has been that it let these PR disasters happen by not being prompt about trial and then execution/hard labor. Had speedy tribunals and the like been the MO from the beginning, there would have been nary a peep from all but the usual suspects. As it was, the situation has got normal persons irritated and embarrassed.
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Date: 2009-05-22 04:03 am (UTC)The problem with the US has been that it let these PR disasters happen by not being prompt about trial and then execution/hard labor. Had speedy tribunals and the like been the MO from the beginning, there would have been nary a peep from all but the usual suspects. As it was, the situation has got normal persons irritated and embarrassed.