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Until recently, President Obama supported releasing additional photos that would have been released by the Defense Department due to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The reversal decision was just announced a few minutes ago.

This an excellent move by President Obama to call off the planned release of these photos for a number of reasons!  The White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs cited a fear that releasing the photos could put U.S. troops in dangers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.  He added that releasing the photos would not add anything to the investigation.  While these are certainly a valid points there is, however, so much more, but the White House couldn’t expound because doing so would further irritate those on the Left.

For instance, to add on one of Mr. Gibbs’ reasons, that the release would not add anything to the investigation, it would also not anything to the debate!   The world knows about the abuses and inappropriate actions taken in years past.  But what is really gained from releasing them?  For those on the Left, it is to reinforce and prove the incompetence of the Bush years.  Wrong reason to be doing it!!

Additionally, the Left seeks to embarrass the United States and will use any method possible.  That would be wrong and Obama is not letting it happen.  The President is looking to the unintentional consequences that could come from releasing the photos.  The ACLU and those on the Left aren’t or don’t care an ounce.

Finally, too many people on the debate on torture, on the debate of ‘enhanced interrogation methods’, or on these abuse pictures, confuse the subjects.  There are actually two very distinct, but seperate issues, but the debate on how to handle each cross because one may have led to the other.

Many feel that the Bush Administrations allowance of Tortue or ‘Enhanced Interrigation Methods‘ led to the abuses of detainees at Abu Ghraib and other U.S. prisons.   One will really never know, but we know that the abuses happened and they were wrong by any standard!  Releasing additional photos will not change that fact.

Then there is the highly controversial Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.  Many Americans feel that those methods such as water-boarding should never, ever be used under any circumstance.  Others feel that the President should have the authority and he alone to be able to allow it in extreme circumstances.  Again, releasing the detainee abuse photos will not help either side in the debate.

So why release the photos?!  To satisfy peoples crave for more Bush blood.  Not worth proverbially shedding Bush’s blood at the expense of shedding U.S. Soldiers’ blood!  It is high time the ACLU begin to protect American and not their own Left Wing agenda!