LIVE DISCUSSION THREAD..Gen Taguba testifying before Senate committee..C-span 1 and Fox

[ken5050]

Comments...and your opinion..Which Dem wull say the dumbest thing today?

[cyncooper]

Rug guy = Ben Nelson

(digging Karpinski in deeper, though I think he's trying to help her)

Taguba says Karpinski challenged the authority given to Pappas.

At least Nelson acknowledges "spontaneous abusers" and has abandoned the sanctioned abuse line.

[maryz]

Taguba: Karpinski challenged the authority of Pappas. Led to conflict and confusion.

[jackbill]

My father was in Korea and I’ve seen his pictures from Koje-do. His pictures are the most gruesome I’ve ever seen.

He must have been there during the riots. After that, they took the worst prisoners and sent them to Cheju-do. I was there when they brought them back in preparation for repatriation. We had some "riots" but the GI's put them down quickly and efficiently.

[Carolinamom]

He could also pass for Ernst Angley's twin.

[YaYa123]

I wish Taguba could tell it like it is. The two female generals got into a spitting contest.

[eddie willers]

Did you know that every damn street in Atlanta is named Peachtree-somethin?

I live off Peachtree Industrial Blvd....not far from Peachtree Dumwoody and North Peachtree, just down the road from Peachtree Parkway.

What are you talking about? :o)

[mwl1]

Its looking more and more like the Breck Girl is planning a Boston debut this summer.

Possibly, but he has liabilities.

1. As a fellow senator, we can compare their voting records, and thus make Kerry look even more liberal than his own running mate. Dangerous for Kerry to take any fellow senator on the ticket for this reason.

2. Sets up Breck Girl for 2008, something obviously untenable to BJ and PIAPS.

3. He can't carry water in his own backyard --- cannot flip any southern state, including NC.

Still believe it will be Gephardt.

[YaYa123]

ROTFL at your look-alike comparison! Bingo!

[Miss Marple]

I am so sorry to hear about your airliine! Maybe things will work out after all.

Thanks to all for keeping up on the testimony. I had to take my granddaughter for a walk around the block in her wagon. I saw Inhofe's speech, however. What a guy!

[Bahbah]

Taguba strikes me as a really good man and a dedicated soldier. It says alot that he was the one that command sent to investigate.

[prairiebreeze]

Two female Generals?

[Pukin Dog]

Thanks.

If I am let go or laid off, I'm going to see about getting back in the Navy, assuming I can get a ride. Once you have flown the 777, nothing else will do.

[Guenevere]

They will break at some point....and resume at 2:30PM.

[OESY]

When I was in Atlanta, there were 35+ streets with "Peachtree" in the name.

[mombonn]

resume at 2:30PM

Good, I have errands to run.

[mtbopfuyn]

They're breaking at 12:30-12:45.

[glock rocks]

More people died at Chappaquiddick than at Abu Ghraib

or great tagline!

[mwl1]

Be nice to Ben Nelson (D-Rug from Nebraska). He votes with Bush fairly frequently and, if our majority increases next year, may flip to GOP. I'd trade him for McInsane or Specter any day.

[maica]

In the very early remarks of this hearing , someone mentioned that one serviceman died at the hands of the 'detainees.' First I have heard of that!

[Darlin']

I think he thinks that makes him sound like a great orator... He finds himself mesmerizing.