Helen Thomas Loves Johnny Taliban

MRC/White House Transcripts | 12/20/01 | Brent Bozell

[Lance Romance]

     After Fleischer told a reporter that Walker "is considered, under the Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of prisoners of war, a battlefield detainee," Thomas demanded: "My question falls in line with that. Are we so primitive that we would ship this man in a box, deny him legal rights, deny him the right to see a lawyer, deny him the right to see his parents? I mean, is that America?"
Fleischer tried to calm down the long-time UPI reporter: "Helen, under the Geneva Convention regarding treatment of prisoners of war, the military and intelligence agencies may question prisoners for information that's of military value in the conduct of war without the presence of a lawyer. That is what the Geneva Convention calls for-"
     Thomas piped up: "You ship him in a box?"
     Fleischer: "-and the Geneva Convention is being followed in this case."
     Moran demanded: "So it trumps his constitutional right to-"
     Fleischer: "No, this is done consistent with the Constitution."
     Moran: "How so?"
     Fleischer: "Because what you're referring to, Terry, deals with custodial interrogation-"
     Moran: "Right."
     Fleischer: "-and that only comes into play, that only comes in as a matter of statute when he is in the custody of law enforcement personnel. He is covered under the Geneva Convention by military personnel, which triggers a different set of statutory requirements."
     Thomas, obsessed with parental access: "He can't see his parents? He's not allowed to see his parents?"
     Fleischer: "Again, Helen, I think that they are moving forward with a review of the facts in this matter. But he is being treated under the Geneva Convention. He is being protected. He has been given medical care which he was not receiving under the Taliban. And he has received the protection of the United States Armed Forces in a very dangerous battlefield condition."
     Thomas charged: "He's being interrogated without a lawyer. Is that fair?"
     Fleischer pointed out: "He is being given all his rights, which are far more than the rights the Taliban or the al-Qaeda extended to anybody living there."
     Thomas sighed: "Well, we're not comparing ourselves, are we?"

[kayak]

GAG!

[billsux]

yikes! a little warning please.

[Redbob]

Another response might be: "Helen, he can thank whatever god he prays to today that he's still alive. Maybe not for long, but he's still alive. And he's being given much better treatment than he'll ever again receive walking the streets of America."

[MJY1288]

I'll be right back :-)

[Post Toasties]

I get the impression that the Left's latest 'talking points' are to assume that the US is obligated to guarantee everybody in the world, no matter what country they are actually citizens of, or whether international treaties and conventions take precedence, the same treatment as resident US citizens in good standing.

Such foolishness and ignorance is a trademark of Lefties.

[Callahan]

Some news outfit runs a fawning Helen Thomas tribute profile every year. They follow her around in a "Isn't she a trooper!" sort of way, while the old goat drones on about her favorite President, JFK (appharently, she was one of the few women near the White House he avoided sleeping with--can't blame him). Then they run a montage of her saying "Mr. President" to Eisenhower through GWB. I'm hoping they preserve her remains and put them on display in the "Liberal Media Nitwits" hall of fame.

[medic]

She's a liberal and she's completely ignorant about the military, well, gee, what do you expect? (Come to think of it, that's redundant, isn't it?)

[Texican72]

You know, if you had posted those pictures BEFORE my lunch, I could have stayed on my diet. ;)

[Utah Girl]

Helen Thomas is Lebanese and very anti-Semitic.

[Utah Girl]

Helen doesn't wait for Ari Fleischer to call on her, she just asks the questions whenever she feels like it. I'd ignore her if it was me...

[MJY1288]

For You LOL
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[Texbob]

She is almost as ugly as Hillary.

[1Old Pro]

Perhaps they should muzzle Helen like they muzzled hillary.

[lowteksh]

Personally, I love the fact that these people are unaware that their protests make them look foolish.

[JoeFromCA]

Thomas asked a similar question in a White House briefing last week: "What right does the US have to bomb independent countries in the Middle East?" She was afforded that first question by the press corps, apparently out of some misguided respect for her seniority. She needs to go. I assume she isn't associated with any credible news agency, or she'd be history long ago.

[1Old Pro]

she just asks the questions whenever she feels like it.

figures

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for more proof that the biggest waste of oxygen in DC is what Helen Thomas wastes each day when she breathes!

Helen loves Johnny Jihad, the Taliban, the al_Queerdos, Omar, OBL, Saddam, the South American Communists she defended decades ago, and of course any commy still alive like Tio Fidel and the ChiCom killers and N. Koreans!

Helen hates America, our flag, our military and of course Ronald Reagan and President Bush. She has been a tireless spear carrier and camp Wh$re of the demonicRats!

Any thing or any person Helen likes and defends is a clear and present danger to America and us. Any thing or anyone she hates, is good for America! One of these days she will leave us alone, quit wasting oxygen and join her mentor Katherine Graham in left wing hell reserved for clymers like Helen! Helen is the poster girl of what liberals represent in America!

[shortstop]

Helen Thomas is the troll under the bridge.

[Hugin]

Whenever Thomas doesn't like the answer to her question she just repeats it in a more hostile manner. Either she is senile and does not know it has been answered or has given up being a reporter and is simply an advocate. Either way she should have her White House Press Pass revoked.

[MadJack]

Helen Thomas? Christ, I thought the old woman had been institutionalized. I guess it was just wishful thinking.