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Mon 05 May 2004For US to be 'insensitive' to certain cultures is not necessarily a bad thingOpinion/Mark Steyn: "Just look at the way US army reservist Lynndie England holds the leash of the naked, bearded Iraqi," writes Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent of the London Independent."Take a close look at the leather strap, the pain on the prisoner's face. No sadistic movie could outdo the damage of this image. In September 2001, the planes smashed into the buildings; today, Lynndie smashes to pieces our entire morality with just one tug on the leash." Hmm. Sounds like Fiskie's the one straining at the leash here.