JAY: They say, in hushed tones, they say, "Some of the Prisoners Have
Died." Well, what the fuck? Yes, some have died. Some have been packed in ice
and spirited away. But more than ten thousand Iraqis have been killed in this
war. It's off the charts. Tanks firing on apartment blocks. Morgues and
hospitals filled to capacity, blood splashed on the walls. None of it is secret.
It's known, it's been reported around the world for a full year, and yet there’s
no outrage about that, there’s no scandal. What, that? Oh, that's just the war.
I mean, standing naked with a hood over your head while a dog barks at your
dick, okay, that's horrible, but having a missile hit your house is a hell of a
lot worse, because you may be carrying your own kid out of the rubble.

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