"DECADES"

Once again the wingnuts are downplaying Abu Ghraib and the killing and torture of captives. They all seem to forget what Karl Rove had to say about this:

Iraq scandal leaves White House reeling
Rove says it may take decades to undo the damage done already
Sunday, May 09, 2004
By Ann McFeatters, Post-Gazette National Bureau

The White House itself is so gloomy about the repercussions that senior adviser Karl Rove suggested it will take decades for the United States to recover.

U.S. Faces Lasting Damage Abroad
Moral High Ground Lost, Experts Say
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff WriterFriday, May 7, 2004; Page A26

The White House is so gloomy about the repercussions that senior adviser Karl Rove suggested this week that the consequences of the graphic photographs documenting the U.S. abuse of Iraqi detainees are so enormous that it will take decades for the United States to recover, according to a Bush adviser.