Officers Likely to Be Charged in Haditha Killings, Sources Say

ABC News ^ | 6/1/06 | Jonathan Karl

[technomage]

He cannot speak in terms of the investigation, he can only speak in terms of media reports. Anyone would be troubled if they go by the media reports. DUH. Because he cannot exert command influence under the rules of the Military or it would compromise its legal system.

Oh C'mon. The President could have come out and said something to the effect of:

"Rather than comment on an ongoing investigation, I remind everyone in the media, the Congress, the public that in our system we are innocent until proven guilty."

Instead he gave that weak response about making people pay if they broke the law. Reminding us of our laws, values and commen sense is not only correct and needed, it would in no way compromise the Military legal system. Get a grip.

General Pace and Secretary Rumsfeld are following the same path. To be equal, go ahead and attack them, too, hotshot.

If I had heard them say something as feeble as that, then yes, I would have gone after them too.

Why you would think that reminding the everyone that these men are innocent until proven guilty, to remind us not to pass judgement until the investigation is over would be a wrong approach is beyond me.

[technomage]

He cannot say anything strongly in their defense because anything he says could jeapordize the case as "undue influence".

Well then, "undue influence" works both ways. the President should have been neutral, he was not. If undue influence is truly what you are concerned about, then reminding us that these men are innocent until proven guilty, that we should not jump to conclusions, would have made a hell of a lot more sense. Instead he appeared to allow media reports to sway.

I guess we must disagree.

[spunkets]

The 4 guys in the 4th house had one. It was also at hand. That's why they recieved no compensation.

[longtermmemmory]

"sources say"

seems we should be finding and arresting these "sources say" as they should not be "saying"

If they are lawyers they should be disbarred.

[sgtyork]

You're the joke, puke.

[JerseyDvl]

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[Tallguy]

If I were facing prosecution in this case, I'd offer to plead guilty and admit all wrongdoing after every pr!ck in the chain of command that sent me to that sh!t-hole was prosecuted for dereliction of duty.

You'd be waking up in Leavenworth the very next morning. That kind of motion would get laughed out of any court -- it would last about a nanosecond in a military court.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Took little if any resources to win the War on Telemarketeers.

If Iraq is allowed to be retaken by the forces of Terrorism you can say goodbye to a lot more than telemarketeers.

Removing the King of Terror was an absolute necessity for the region and the world. Now some of his minions and allies are making war upon the Iraqi People itself as a means of winning the War in the US media. It is only this success which keeps its hopes alive. It can only win the war HERE.

[Alberta's Child]

Took little if any resources to win the War on Telemarketeers.

OK. Then if the "war on terror" didn't cease to be priority #1 when the Federal anti-telemarketing legislation was passed, it certainly did when the Medicare prescription drug law was passed soon afterward.

[justshutupandtakeit]

If trivialities can becloud our ability to comprehend what is necessary to protect our nation then we are truly forked.

[sgtyork]

How could I have been so wrong? Zarqawi will not be turning himself in! The resistance goes on.