McFreedom

Found on Fark this Reuters picture showing Ground Zero back in March. The picture isn't anything new, but check out the caption:

Recovery and debris removal work continues at the site of the World Trade Center known as "ground zero" in New York, March 25, 2002. Human rights around the world have been a casualty of the U.S. "war on terror" since September 11. REUTERS/Peter Morgan

Uh, yeah. When I see that hole in the ground, "Human rights around the world" is the first thing that pops into my head, too! Certainly not thousands of Americans whose "human rights" were casualties on that day.

While the annoying thing about this is the fact that Reuters, which is so high on its "objective" horse it's getting a collective nosebleed, is putting editorial in its picture captions, I also have to take issue with the substance of the editorial. The "U.S. 'war on terror'" has not been opressing "[h]uman rights around the world." We've liberated Afghanistan, and while things still stink there, it's certainly not because of our war - our war have significantly improved things. It may be true that, in some parts of the world, governments are quashing dissent (or oppressing people) in the name of anti-terrorism efforts. But that's hardly our fault.