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.

[Dales]

The fact that they did it, rather than being killed (which presumably is the threat that was used to get them to do it) suggests that they disagree with you that it would be worse than death for them.

I am sure, however, that they consider it worse than dying on the battlefield (which gets them their virgins in paradise).

Regardless of the deterring effect, Americans should not act like this because it is wrong. It is repulsive. We can adhere to a higher standard of behavior, because we have shown that we have the strength to and because by having a higher standard we have developed the strength to.

[jerod]

McLAIM isn't as bad as the RATS. He's worse.

This must be his application for Kerry's VP job.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Oh for God's sakes. John McLame now wants the details of what the specific instructions are...doesn't John McLame know how to read job descriptions for Jail Guards??

[bonfire]

"BTW did you know John Kerry served in Vietnam?? Just thought you might like to know. ;)"

Wow~! Did you know McCain was a POW????

[MeekOneGOP]

When I heard the name McCain come up, I grimmaced. What an arsehole he is !!!!!!

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[Peach]

Rumsfeld: The responsibility shifted over a period of time and the general is capable of telling you when the responsibility shifted.

The investigation that I have undertaken will tell us what the instructions to the guards were.

The guards are trained to guard people, not interrogate them. And they are instructed to adhere to the Geneva Convention. The people in the Central Command see to it that their conduct is within the tenets of the GEneva COnventions.

[Army Air Corps]

McCain is being a royal jacka**.

[Just mythoughts]

Yes, Kristol is a twit.

[BlessedByLiberty]

McCain just joined him, with hope the limb will snap right out from under them.

McCain is losing any points he received at Tillman's funeral. He's doing a Ben Veniste performance. McCain is still trying out for Kerry's VP.

[maryz]

Rummy tries to pass question to Smith. McCain insists Rummy answer. "goes to the heart of this matter."

Rummy: Two contractor orgs supplied interrogators and linguists.

Myers: 37 contracts. Brigade Commander in charge, with technical control over guards.

McCain: Can't you (Rummy) answer?

Rummy says he turned it over to the expert. Responsibility shifted over a period of time. Myers could tell him.

McCain: What were the instructions to the guards? A simple straightforward question.

Rummy: The guards are not interrogators. They are trained in Geneva Convention. interrogators handled under a different provision of GC.

[prairiebreeze]

Not the first time McClame comes across as untrustworthy....

[YaYa123]

Did you know McCain was a POW? That entitles him to act like an indignant, insulting horse's ass.

He's out to embarrass Rumsfeld...oh yeah...big time!!

[CFC__VRWC]

Kristol is a McCainiac who wants McCain to take Rummys place.

Either that, or he's auditioning to be Kerry's VP.

[Diddle E. Squat]

McCain finally takes his revenge on Bush.

Shoots a hole in America's boat, may sink this Republic, but hey, at least he got his revenge.

[george wythe]

Why is McCain looking so bloated?

[cyncooper]

Ted Kennedy.

ack

[AFPhys]

All reports I've heard indicate that the "rape" charges and "sodomy" charges are all bogus (with possibly one sodomy)

[dfwgator]

"McCain acting like an ass to Rummy"

Acting?

[Rebelbase]

Guards were instructed to treat the prisoners according to their status as POW or Crimminal via the Geneva convention's rules for each.