Insight into Iraq images

Kudos for making some sense out of the images from Iraq [“The Images of Wars’ Horrors,” by Christopher Knight, May 13]. Too much political rhetoric has been heaped on, and not enough insight into the all-too-human nature of these abuses. I was glad that you brought up the work of Leon Golub, who next to Goya is probably the greatest artist to treat the inner truths of the “disasters of war.” In the end, should anyone have been surprised? Wouldn’t it be nice if all the sanctimony were stripped away, and the bare truth of these images could sink in?

Greg Goldin

Los Angeles