Kerry Calls for Rumsfeld to Quit over Abu Ghraib

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[GulliverSwift]

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry called today for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign and urged President George Bush to appoint an independent group to recommend reforms after a report faulted all levels of the military for abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

“It’s not just the little person at the bottom who ought to pay the price of responsibility,” Kerry said at a Philadelphia union hall. “The buck doesn’t stop at the Pentagon.”

A report released yesterday by an independent panel led by former Defence Secretary James Schlesinger concluded that senior US military leaders in Iraq and the Pentagon could be faulted for inattention to prisoner abuses, but it did not recommend that Rumsfeld step down.

“What is missing from all these reports is accountability from the senior civilian leaders in the Pentagon and in the White House,” Kerry said.

“From the bottom of the chain of command all the way to the top, there needs to be accountability. The Schlesinger report makes clear that Secretary Rumsfeld was responsible for setting a climate where these types of abuses could occur.”

Kerry said an independent investigation should review the decision-making process that led to the abuses and provide comprehensive reforms to ensure abuses do not recur.

“The time has come for our commander in chief to take charge,” he said.

[GulliverSwift]

"I witnessed that Rumsfeld had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of Iraq in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country."

[Wild Irish Rogue]

I listened to the audio and Kerry called for someone named " Rumsfelt " to resign.

[ALPAPilot]

Sure, It was Gen George Marshalls fault Gen Patton slapped a soldier. Roosevelt should have fire the entire defense department? Kerry is such a Mooooooran.

[mnehring]

Speaking of the Pot calling the Kettle....

Kerry's original excuse for his testimony against his fellow vets was that they were just following orders and the leadership was to blame.... (Reichstad anyone??)

Anyway... Kerry was an officer, therefore a leader.. if they were to blame then he was one of the ones to blame for all of the atrocities he is saying happened..

[G.Mason]

"He may be the first with a horde of Rats to follow."

Ah ha ... Pied Piper Kerry.

I envision this guy having a very solitary future. After the Heinz heiress dumps him what's left Kennedy?

[GulliverSwift]

What's ironic is that the reason why Kerry won all those primaries is because Demon voters thought that he would be the most electable.

They didn't think, "I love this guy." Instead, they merely thought he was the most electable. Of course, they had barely heard his speaking, his bagpipe drone of a voice.

[LtKerst]

“The time has come for our commander in chief to take charge,” he said

Yeah, Arrest Kerry for war crimes.

[LtKerst]

“The time has come for our commander in chief to take charge,” he said

Yeah, Arrest Kerry for war crimes.

[dighton]

Why Mr. Kerry would want to derail our war effort ....

Force of habit.

[rave123]

How about, I call for Kerry to quit because he's stupid? Would it carry any more meaning or be just an opinion?

[OPS4]

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry said Thursday 2/05/04 his intervention on a legislative matter that affected the nation's most expensive highway project had nothing to do with an insurer who benefited from his action and later gave him tens of thousands of dollars in donations.

The Big Dig Scandal, Boston, cost overrun, 12 billion dollars. Where is this investigation. Why has Kerry not been asked to step down.

OPs4 God BLess America!

[Inge C]

That's ironic, because the report specifically states ' that Rumsfeld had NOTHING to do with it'!

[MadelineZapeezda]

A self-confessed war criminal telling Rummie to resign because of panties. Get real!

On second thought......FREE SLOBO!!!!!

[mnehring]

I also have a feeling this is why McCain has not been too harsh with Kerry. McCain helped sign off on the contractors to make the effort 'bipartisan'.

[RolandBurnam]

this is nothing but a feeble attempt to change the focus to the iraq prison "scandal" and away from kerry's implosion

[GulliverSwift]

called today for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign and urged President George Bush to appoint an independent group to recommend reforms

He'd like that. Another 9/11 committee-type kangaroo hearing where the media can salivate and run naked picture after naked picture.

[Jenya]

I'm calling for sKerry to STFU.

[coconutt2000]

This actually ties into a radio news report by, I think, ABC, that says the report on Abu Ghraib assigned guilt and involvement to the highest levels of command, including Rumsfeld.

I'm not kidding. The news announcer actually said that.

[GulliverSwift]

It was a Marxian Slip.

[DarthVader]

He has been living a lie and it is finally catching up with him. What he is doing is steaming up Americans by displaying his unbelievable childish immaturity (a characteristic of most libs)Ole Lantern face is doing more to destroy himself than anyone I have ever seen. The more you see him, the more you hate him. I used to see quite a few Ketchup Boy B stickers here in NOVA but they seem to be going away. I wonder why? (snicker >:-)