LIVE THREAD: Rumsfeld Testifies Regarding Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners

http://freerepublic.com ^ | May 7, 2004

[Howlin]

Link to C-SPAN

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

I'm sure all the networks will be showing this.

[adam_az]

"Was McCain nasty?"

Is the Pope Catholic?

Does a bear poop in the woods?

[prairiebreeze]

The Old Media will still make sure the videos are Big News

[Howlin]

I was waiting to see what you take on it was. No fireworks?

[OXENinFLA]

43,000!!!!!!!!! wHoa

[kcvl]

ROFLOL!

[mtbopfuyn]

Dole - positive attitude. Talking about good things we've done, strong leadership, schools, clinics, women's rights. We are not company to and denounce violence.

Rummy - offering compensation to "abused" detainees.

We now have 8k detainees.

[maica]

Interesting, wonder if this has these liberals all in a huff, worried about who it is that released to the media the "pictures"?

Rumsfeld just said that there were only a few copies of the CDs. It is possible that the number of people with access to them will be sharply defined.

I DEMAND (do I sound like a dem?) to know who broke the law, compromised a criminal case, and humiliated all the upstanding members of the US military performing dangerous work in Iraq, by releasing these photos!!!

[Sacajaweau]

Iraqi saw much worse "Live from Saddam" than those photos.

Sons with parts cut off, daughters raped etc.. Just think of the Kurd gassing photos we saw to put things into perspective.

[YaYa123]

and looky looky....Senator Dole has also had the forehead lift at the hairline. Her eyebrows are almost at the top of her head! and oh no!!! Her nose might be sinking in, a la Michael Jackson.

But at least she talks faster than Susan Collins!

[Pyro7480]

LOL! I now regret arguing with them, but there wouldn't have been much of a point.

[breakem]

well, I have testified before the Cal senate judicial committee, but their speech writers are even worse.

[BulletBobCo]

Elizabeth Dole was born July 29, 1936. Going to be 70 in two years. Can't stay young forever.

[bootyist-monk]

I guess I have a slightly different take than most folks...

I see all this a good thing. We are at war, and that includes a psychological component as well. I want all those Islamofacist Wanks to know that this is how we treat our enemy. Think your tough 'cause your jumping around in the back of a Toyota pick-up with an AK-47 and towel on your head? Well, know this. If we don't kill your ass, you just might find yourself naked, shivering and on the end of a leash being held by a five-foot tall woman who's so busy laughing she barely has time to finish her cigarette.

The vast majority of these guys are cowards. Full of bluster until the shooting starts, then running into Mosques, or hiding behind women and children. Everyone asumes this imagery is filling them with anger. I think it is filling them with fear.

[cgk]

Tell me about it. It's a sad state of affairs when this is the nonsense FR sinks to. Who cares what she looks like? How do we know she isn't ill?

[Barlowmaker]

I'm still chuckling over your Kristol/McCain remark.

[maryz]

Dole: Abuse of Iraqi detainees tarnished our nation's credibility. Our soldiers have made incredible breakthroughs. (Goes through achievements in Iraq, schools, hospitals, clinics, newspapers, etc.) Trust had been established. Many bonds broken now.

The damage done cannot be swept away but can be repaired. Go into detail on your plan, on reparations.

Rumsfeld: Not reparations -- compensation. Lawyers believe there is authority to do that. It is the right thing. Re processing of detainees. In Iraq 43,000 captured, 31,000 released, 4,000 for further processing plus other status. 7,000 to 8,000 currently detained. Need to see they're properly identified, that their families know why they're there. Only ones that need to be detained are criminals or terrorists or those with intelligence value -- have to find out what they know.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

In a word? Yes. Interrupting, rude and bantering, imo.

[prairiebreeze]

Good for you! I hope you gave emphasis to the gesture with a swift upward thrust of your arm.

Prairie

[McGruff]

More pictures.

Fri May 7, 1:38 PM ET
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld testifies on Capitol Hill Friday, May 7, 2004, before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) hearing on prisoner abuse in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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Fri May 7, 1:39 PM ET
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld testifies on Capitol Hill Friday, May 7, 2004, before the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) hearing on prisoner abuse in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

[cyncooper]

Just to be clear...I do believe the existance of video was addressed in opening statements. Also that there are more photos.

Lindsey Graham just stressed it--it was not "new news", so to speak.