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.

[Carolinamom]

Janet Reno took "full responsibility" for Waco, but no one called for her resignation.

[Howlin]

Will you stop? We're not interested in your little snit fit and frankly I'm tired of having to scroll past it.

Go somewhere else.

[fml]

NO. And he shouldn't be asked to

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

If you were charged with defending the nation, and knew there were traitors on the committees, and had troops to protect, a war to win, terrorists to locate and remove - before any plots far worse than 9-11 could be carried out - would you share delicate information that would surely be used against our military by some in the Senate, and any twisted spin believed by most of the Senate - whose members continue to ignore the military briefings, and the troops - and to buy the mainstream lies re. the war, as they have from the beginning?

Most of these guys are looking through a redwood forests' worth of hypocrisy to point out the 'mote' in the military's eye.

[linn37]

He says he was informed and he took care of it,next.

[Peach]

Janet Reno took "full responsibility" for Waco, but no one called for her resignation.

Good point, Carolina.

[MinuteGal]

Rummy - "All facts not in yet...."

Leni

[george wythe]

"Anything we say publicly can have an impact in the legal proceedings."

[prairiebreeze]

Can't you guys table it for a while. Or take it off list?

Please

[Christian4Bush]

If Rumsfeld performs well, he might pull an "Ollie North" and carry the day.


Let it be so. God, please speak through him and give him boldness to speak the truth boldly.

1 Peter 2:15 For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the foolish talk of ignorant men."

[Petronski]

The whirring of cameras when they stood to be sworn sounded like a flock of birds.

Buzzards and vultures, searching for carrion.

[epluribus_2]

y'know guys (and gals) that of all people that could be up in front of this mess - Rummy is the most capable in the entire administration. We are in good hands.

[tapatio]

I agree he was not right in his anger yesterday,but at the end he said he wondered if this apology would be enough.That is the part I was talking about.

[prairiebreeze]

Exactly right RC. If Rummy had taken this to Congress, it would have been leaked within 5 minutes.

Prairie

[MinuteGal]

Rummy appointing study committee to report in 45 days.

Leni

[victoryatallcosts]

This is all bulls**t. There's nothing to apologize for. The prisoners there were sub-human scum and got what they deserved.

My main objection in the first place was that it appeared to be random sadism- if it was for interrogatory purposes the soldiers in question did nothing wrong, neither did anyone else.

To me, from the quotes I've hard, this sounds like a culuturally astute method.

[cake_crumb]

"These actions were perpetrated by a small number in the military. They were also brought to light by the military...responsible chain of command immediately relieved of duty...more investigations underway."

"Each of us at this table is in the chain of command...our words today could affect the outcome of investigation...I will be announcing the formation og a committee to study, make reccomendations"

[OldFriend]

The prisoners are NOT human beings. We saw the Iraqi's gleeful faces when the American contractors were burned and hung on the bridge.

Never forget!

[maeng]

FR is for all of us to vent our feelings, not just a few.

[Peach]

Seeking a way to provide compensation to Iraqi prisons who suffered brutal treatment at the hands of soldiers.