Georgia's Prison Rape Scandal—and What It Says About the Rose Revolution - Charles H. Fairbanks Jr. - The Atlantic

Georgia's Prison Rape Scandal—and What It Says About the Rose Revolution - Charles H. Fairbanks Jr. - The Atlantic: Some U.S. political leaders, John McCain notably among them, have responded to Georgia's electoral contest with the generous instinct to help Saakashvili in his hour of tribulation. But instinct isn't always the best guide to complicated foreign realities, particularly at a moment when we need to come to terms with the counterintuitive dark side of Saakashvili's rule. However you look at the decisive elections next week, let's be clear-minded in understanding that the methodical torture and rape uncovered last week are not isolated breakdowns of civilization within Georgia's prison system; they're symptoms of a deeper crisis that now permeates Georgia's whole political system.