Wrong answer Tony. This portrays President Bush as out of the loop.
The truth is the wrong answer? Nonsense. Combat-related news like this would not reach the President until such time as an accusation of atrocity and cover-up had been made. He was briefed at the appropriate time.
reading it carefully, I think the writer took careful aim to make Tonys answer on tuesday appear to mean that Bush just learned of it on tuesday, WHICH CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE UNLESS BUSH DOESN'T WATCH TEEVEE.
And if I hear ONE MORE story associated or phrased in the
Type of Speeches I will personally Throw-Up ON Tony Snow.
What a Jerk.....
This was my very first thought. How often is the White House going to throw out this "the President didn't know" crap before they get a clue?
By the way, I have a post on my blog about Haditha. My post, I must caution, is based entirely on the story reported by Time magazine. There was nothing in that Time mag story about a taxicab.
I did some analysis of the Time story and came up with what I consider to be some points to note when all hell breaks loose and the left finally gets their beloved My Lai story.
I got some thoughts on how the President should handle this story (now that he knows about it, heh) IF the horrible allegations now swirling around (aided by a former-marine very unethical congress critter, John Murtha) turn out to be bad. Give me some time to think about it.
Freepers need to be up to snuff on the background of all this because it's gonna be one ricky ride.
I was dismayed to hear Tony's response on that also for the same reason. Accurate or not, not a good answer.
If it's the truth, it's the answer Tony should give. If the President is out of the loop, Tony can't lie to protect him.
Frankly, I would have expected the President to know about this pretty early in the process -- but didn't the Time story run a long time ago? I would hope that the military has a standing order that any investigations of troop misconduct be sent up the chain of command to Rumsfeld, who should brief the President so if he's asked a question at a press conference, he knows what is happening.
But it's not Tony's fault if the President didn't know -- that was before Tony came on board.
I hope Tony will change the procedures so that the President DOES know about this stuff. I like the "hands-off" management style, but there are some things a good manager wants to be informed about. This would be one of those things.