Picture Says 1000 words

Through this documentary, we have seen the power of pictures and how they can say so much about one moment in the fabric of time. The pictures that were taken at Abu Ghraib say many things, some of them were true, and some of them were not. The famous scarecrow picture seems as though he has electrical cables attached to him. However, we find out through explanation that these were not even plugged in and were merely used to scare the prisoner. Some of the photos do say exactly what they seem to say: the prisoners were being sexually harassed and abused to obtain information that many of them didn't have. It is a lesson to all of us to be careful of what we are taking pictures of and to be careful of how people may perceive what is happening. A picture can say a lot of things, the truth isn't always one of them.

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