"War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders.' "
Although you have to consider the context....
Sunday, May 9
Friday, May 7
ABCNEWS.com : Excerpts of Rumsfeld Testimony
SEN. ROBERT BYRD, D-W.Va.: Why was a report that described sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses by American soldiers left to languish on a shelf in the Pentagon unread by the top leadership until the media revealed it to the world?
Why wasn't Congress apprised of the findings of this report from the Defense Department instead of from CBS News?
Mr. Secretary, it was President Truman who was said to have displayed the famous sign on his desk: The buck stops here. I served with President Truman. He was an honorable man. He did not shirk his responsibility.
I see a very different pattern in this administration. I see arrogance and a disdain for Congress. I see misplaced bravado and an unwillingness to admit mistakes. I see finger-pointing and excuses.
Why wasn't Congress apprised of the findings of this report from the Defense Department instead of from CBS News?
Mr. Secretary, it was President Truman who was said to have displayed the famous sign on his desk: The buck stops here. I served with President Truman. He was an honorable man. He did not shirk his responsibility.
I see a very different pattern in this administration. I see arrogance and a disdain for Congress. I see misplaced bravado and an unwillingness to admit mistakes. I see finger-pointing and excuses.
Thursday, May 6
Rumsfeld should be fired....
...not allowed to resign, but-- if you're a petition-signing sort, have at it.
More Moore
Bet I'm the first one to use that headline.
My flagitious femme-fatale of a friend, Ms. Fay alerted me to this nugget from the Center for American Progress, indicating that perhaps Eisner, who is thisclose to being kicked out of the helm of the Mouse House, is not scared of Jeb-the-Governor so much as he's afraid of Jeb-the-Shareholder:
JEB BUSH CONTROLS 7.3 MILLION SHARES OF DISNEY STOCK: As governor of Florida, Jeb Bush serves as a trustee for the state employees' pension fund. That fund owns approximately 7.3 million shares of Disney stock. According to the Orlando Sentinel on 3/2/04, how the state votes those shares in board of director elections is "a closely watched decision with political as well as economic dimensions." In the last board election, in which Eisner ran unopposed, Jeb Bush and the other trustees symbolically withheld their support for Eisner. If the trustees were to continue opposing Eisner in future elections it could endanger his "two-decade reign at the top of the company."
My flagitious femme-fatale of a friend, Ms. Fay alerted me to this nugget from the Center for American Progress, indicating that perhaps Eisner, who is thisclose to being kicked out of the helm of the Mouse House, is not scared of Jeb-the-Governor so much as he's afraid of Jeb-the-Shareholder:
JEB BUSH CONTROLS 7.3 MILLION SHARES OF DISNEY STOCK: As governor of Florida, Jeb Bush serves as a trustee for the state employees' pension fund. That fund owns approximately 7.3 million shares of Disney stock. According to the Orlando Sentinel on 3/2/04, how the state votes those shares in board of director elections is "a closely watched decision with political as well as economic dimensions." In the last board election, in which Eisner ran unopposed, Jeb Bush and the other trustees symbolically withheld their support for Eisner. If the trustees were to continue opposing Eisner in future elections it could endanger his "two-decade reign at the top of the company."
Language Log
More for the editors and English teachers who comprise most of the audience and authorship of this site.
<Sigh>. It's 53 pages.
Rumsfeld, on the Taguba report: "'When I'm asked a question as to whether I've read the entire report, I answer honestly that I have not. It is a mountain of paper and investigative material.'"
Couldn't possibly be politically motivated....
Bush to Toughen U.S. Policies Toward Cuba (washingtonpost.com)
I don't get it -- his brother will "take care of" the Florida vote, so why pander to the Cuban community in So. Fla.?
Is there a website anywhere that shows approximate troop deployment around the globe in a graphical manner? I'm starting to lose track.
Presidents really should be screened for ADD....
This is especially rich: "Bush said he also is encouraging steps to promote human rights on the island."
How about starting with Guantanamo Bay!
I don't get it -- his brother will "take care of" the Florida vote, so why pander to the Cuban community in So. Fla.?
Is there a website anywhere that shows approximate troop deployment around the globe in a graphical manner? I'm starting to lose track.
Presidents really should be screened for ADD....
This is especially rich: "Bush said he also is encouraging steps to promote human rights on the island."
How about starting with Guantanamo Bay!
Followup: GI Rape Photos Came from Porn Sites
Looks like the reports of GIs raping women prisoners were false, after all. The pictures, republished in a few Arab newspapers, originally came from two American and Hungarian websites,
Iraq Babes and Sex in War (link not entirely safe for work). So we only have a few instances of diddling with broomsticks and/or light sticks, and a teenage male raped in prison, but no women. So we got that going for us....
Iraq Babes and Sex in War (link not entirely safe for work). So we only have a few instances of diddling with broomsticks and/or light sticks, and a teenage male raped in prison, but no women. So we got that going for us....
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