Obama's argument regarding not releasing the photos is completely legitimate

[Fumesucker]

The catch is though that it's not an argument against transparency.

Oh no, it's an argument against EMPIRE!

Without the empire there are no vast numbers of troops overseas to need to be shielded from the consequences of their own actions, whether or not those actions are guided by policy or not.

There are often more approaches to a problem than just the two we are given here, release the photos and harm the troops, don't release the photos and protect the troops from harm.

Another approach would be to release the photos and bring all or most of the troops home, a lot more of us know than are willing to admit that both of these endeavors are not winnable in any rational sense and should never have been embarked upon in the first place.

The fact that both of the wars are to a big extent due to blowback from previous policy disasters associated with empire building is indicative that this third scenario is the more likely to be correct.