Hell gets a new wing

Today at Abu Ghraib, Donald Rumsfeld announced that a new facility is going to open on the grounds of torture and death. This new facility is Camp Redemption:

Rumsfeld and Myers were accompanied here by Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, commander of the prison system in Iraq, who told Rumsfeld that a new complex of outdoor camps is going to open soon on the grounds outside the main prison building.

It will be called “Camp Redemption,” he said, at the suggestion of the Iraqi Governing Council, and will provide better living conditions for the detainees. Rumsfeld has heard many calls for his resignation in the wake of publicly released photos showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. forces. President Bush has given Rumsfeld a vote of confidence.

Camp Redemption. Another example of a language choice that likely provokes The Crusades in the minds of Arabs. Do Americans approve of being engaged in a holy war?

kherr @ 13:55 CDT | link | war