Newsweek's little sin is thus nothing compared to this administration's much greater sins.

"It's that the story (which may still prove to have taken place) was in fact all-too-believable — in Newsweek's offices and around the world — precisely because of the oft-crude manner in which the administration in Washington has been waging its 'war against terror.'

"This war has been at times conducted as if Muslims and Arabs weren't people, as if when 'they' are imprisoned 'they' definitely aren't 'real people,' and as if 9/11 — admittedly a terrible tragedy — has been the only serious tragedy the world has lately experienced."

It's worth a read, from The Seattle Times.