Comments on: Philippine Police Storm Prison, Killing 22 Inmates

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:29:10 +0000

And they're dead now.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:25:24 +0000

Jack,

Storming a hostage situation, risking killing innocents (like guards, for instance) makes little sense unless it's to prevent greater violence. It's not like the terrorists were going anywhere: They were in jail.

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:19:46 +0000

'This story, too, fails to explain why the assault was necessary, other than that police had given the inmates 15 minutes to surrender and, when they didn't, they went in with tear gas and a large force. ' I think the second part 'police had given the inmates 15 minutes to surrender' explains it perfectly.

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:35:08 +0000

Translation of silence from the Left: "But but but... none of them had glowsticks shoved up their asses or were led around on dog leashes, so it wasn't as bad as Abu Ghraib! Sure, they got killed, but that's not as bad as being humiliated!"