Mark Steel - Why do these dunces keep falling for the lies?
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Whereas those people who still defend the invasion on humanitarian grounds are forced to resort to ever more surreal arguments. Now it’s accepted there is widespread use of torture by the occupiers, someone will argue: “That’s because under Saddam these Iraqis became addicted to torture, so we’re trying to ween them off it, bit by bit. If it stopped suddenly, they’d feel dreadful withdrawal effects, but this way they’ll soon be able to make do with ‘torturettes’, which are electrode patches you apply to your own genitals.”
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