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| Senior officers at the SEALs headquarters said other photos are “consistent with the use of tactics, techniques and procedures in the apprehension of detainees,” Navy Cmdr. Jeff Bender said.
He cited as an example a photo in which a uniformed man is holding the head of a prisoner to pose him for a picture for “identification purposes.” A gun with an attached flashlight is being used to illuminate the detainee’s face for the photograph, Bender said. |
UPDATE: An AWC reader comments:
Hey! I often use a flashlight attached to a high-powered rifle when I am working around the house or when I am taking family pictures and need a little extra light. I am sure the fact the muzzle is embedded in this fellow’s ear and the light really not on his face at all is purely accidental. The SEAL’s thumb pressed in to the prisoner’s throat is probably there to reassure him that nothing bad will happen to him.
It all makes sense to me, just like the policies of the Commander in Chief: spend all the money you want at home, lower taxes at the same time, tell everyone you are defending the dollar as its value descends below that of the Mexican peso, plan wars all over the planet with an army stretched tighter than a military drum. I mean, how could anyone disagree with anything here?