Apparently, the Bushies have decided that the recent suicides at Gauntanamo–which were deemed to be acts of "asymmetrical warfare"–were part of a "good PR move" on behalf of the three detainees who have been illegally imprisoned without due process since 2002.  This assessment not only made a mockery of the detainees’ deaths, it also got me thinking.  Given that the approval ratings of Bush and his cronies continue to plummet, couldn’t they stand a few good "PR moves" of their own?  Surely we have already given them enough rope during the past five years to do the job. 

UPDATE: In response to the well-intentioned emails I have already received this morning about this post, I feel that it is worth pointing out that the post was supposed to be a reductio ad absurdum of
the logic behind accusing the detainees of being engaged in PR stunts.  The
point of a reductio isn’t, of course, to advocate the absurd action.  Suicide is indeed a serious matter–which is precisely why the aforementioned characterization of what happened at Guantanamo is so reprehensible.  For an insightful discussion of this issue, see David Velleman’s less inflamatory post at Left 2 Right.