> Mike Lee > Savior of the Masses writes: > Gary Denton, self-loathing American keeps on keeping on:
> > There was a systemic and ongoing problem with abuse and even > > deaths of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. �This was an > > military intel and CIA operation whose operative and civilian > > contractors gave guidance and procedures to follow. �There > > had been three separate Army generals writing reports which > > the pentagon had for months and refused to act on. � > > You have a very good point here. Even a blind hog can find an acorn now and > then. Seems to be your version of a compliment. > It's looking pretty bad for the military right now, and I'm not expecting it > to look a lot better after the dust settles. Some of our soldiers and their > commanders have been behaving badly. It reflects badly on the rest of us. We > bear some responsibility for at least fixing it, and probably responsibility > for it happening. > > > According to the Financial Times, "It has become commonplace > > for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to assert that the > > insurgents are enemies of democracy, but it is the US that > > most Iraqis see as anti-democratic. This is a disastrous > > image for a nation that waged a war promising freedom and democracy." > > > > http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/Story > FT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1083180270210&p=1012571727088 > > See, here's your problem: You link to and cling to anything that makes > America look bad. You do your little happy dance whenever we fuck up. I did not do a happy dance, We agree this was a very bad thing, you seem to have gone of the talking point it was just just the equivalent of hazing. >You > don't give a damn about the Saddam-sucking corruption of Kofi's UN boys. The liberals and leftists you despise were pointing out the corruption in the Food for Oil program since just after it started. �For various reasons it is a big talking point for conservatives now to use against those same liberals and leftists. � >Or > any of the other million bigger atrocities committed by > anybody-but-Americans. North Korea has always been a bigger threat, a worse mass murderer. The Sudan, Columbia, Cuban suppression of dissent are all problems. It is not the left in America who makes a habit of supporting dictators until it becomes time to demonize and get rid of them. >Every American who commits a misdemeanor deserves the > death penalty. Point out where I have said that. �In fact, you have been down on the American soldiers. �I am more disgusted by the intel boys setting up these operations. �Note that the section where the problems took place is run by the experts from Gitmo. >Your attention is drawn to where your hatred is, and that's > for America. I despise the people who through racism, ignorance, jingoism and and no understanding of American democracy, balance of powers and the Constitution are shredding American values �and losing the respect of the world. >I don't know what we did to piss you off and I don't care. > George Bush may not be the brightest guy on the short bus, >but Tony Blair is > the first hero of the 21st Century (or maybe the second--Rudy Guiliani is > certainly in the running). You, on the other hand, are a precancerous wart > on the butt of the West. Continuing your witty and elevated discourse. > > The NYT(earlier link) writes, "the Pentagon, the State > > Department and the White House had difficulty explaining why > > they had not acted earlier and more aggressively to deal with > > the abuse." One reason: No one wants to admit to having read > > the report. According to the LA Times, the White House has > > known about the investigation since December. > > > The report is 53 pages. It is available online. What are they > > waiting for? > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4894001/ > > Bush responded *appropriately*. John Kerry just lost the election today. Bush had his typical pattern, nice words, no apology, just a few bad apples, not much real action, patronizing tone to "you Arabs." Bush is weak, not strong, and is surrounding by advisors he still listens to that have batted 0.000. > > Welcome to 4 more years of people like me running the country. > I don't see Kerry losing the election today. Is this your fantasy now? �Not as graphic and sexual as the ones you were spouting before. � Saw an interesting video of Animal Farm the other day. �The Bush team seems more like the pigs to me. The team running this country decided not to be bound by international law, like pigs changing the commandments in the dead of night. Rumsfeld had previously said that the Geneva Conventions didn't apply to his war. �I guess he didn't expect the photos of what that meant disturbing Americans at dinner and upsetting his boss. #1 on google for liberal news _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
