Rumsfeld: Prisoner Abuse 'Un-American'

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=1&u=/ap/20040504/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse_32


We're taking and will continue to take whatever steps are necessary to hold accountable those that may have violated the code of military conduct and betrayed the trust placed in them by the American people," Rumsfeld told a news conference.

Rumsfeld called the allegations "deeply disturbing."

"I have no doubt that we will take these charges and allegations most seriously," he said.

The disclosures of prisoner abuse at Baghdad's main prison was "totally unacceptable and un-American," he said. Rumsfeld disputed critics in Congress who have said the Pentagon moved too slowly and asserted that correct military procedures were followed.

"These things are complicated, they take some time," he said of the investigations. "The system works. The system works."

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Really?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=529551&mesg_id=529676

[Tellurian]

28. Rumsfeld doesn't know the meaning of the word "AMERICAN".. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. You dip....

you WERE at that prison INSPECTING it... WE have photos.

So, tell me Rummy have you started shreding any papers
that may get you implicated in a war crimes tribunal?

[tom_paine]

3. Wow! He's at least as sincere as Reichsfuhrer Heydrich!

At least as sincere.

Maybe more so.

[Sparkly]

4. The article left out some of the best quotes

including his response to why he didn't view the photos earlier, and prepare for their inevitable publication... Rummy answered that they did ask for the photos, but were told there weren't any copies...!

[leftchick]

7. I like when he turned to his soldier helper....

and said "Did I see the photos?". Rummy is hard to quote much like chimpy*.

[0007]

16. I indeed believe Rummy can out do Chemical Ali

[Terran]

5. Yeah Donald...

...so is invading someone else's country without provocation.

[PATRICK]

27. Donald "Duck"

n/t

[sniffa]

6. this is the kinda thing that anti-americans

wouLd do... or so i'm toLd nightLy by sean hannity.

[Q]

8. UnAmerican?

- So is stealing elections and waging wars of aggression.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. You're right....My question is

Where has America gone? Does it exist at all beneath the surface of these decidedly unAmerican acts? Or has it sold out to Fascism for eternity?

[cliss]

9. I could post some things about Donald

Rumsfeld that I read on a website as I was researching this "gentleman".

If anyone would have condoned torture and abuse of helpless Iraqis, it would be our man Donald.

[MisterP]

10. The disclosures of prisoner abuse ... was ‘totally untotally unacceptable

and un-American,’
The DISCLOSURES?!

[maddezmom]

12. guess he means CBS's photos and The New Yorker article

what an ass....no one would know anything about this if CBS didn't get the ball rolling.

[drNick]

24. Nice catch MisterP

Yep that is so funny... he is not upset about the abuse, only the disclosures. Quite chilling.. lets see what how far they retaliate against the whistleblowers, media etc, another Patriot act.

[Just Me]

11. Personally, I enjoyed the "body language",...

,...I could actually SEE the man's blood-pressure rising *heh heh*.

He's a failure. He's an ass.

[Cocoa]

14. if "the system works"

then Rummy will be back in the private sector in January.

[callous taoboy]

15. Rummy, you wanker-

Just look inside any prison in the U.S. Sheesh!

[slaveplanet]

17. unamerican bender

QUOTE: Torture has been outlawed in all circumstances everywhere. But global terrorism may be leading America to bend the rules.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld-(January 9, 2003-Economist, The)

[plcdude]

18. wow we need that

citation that is enormously telling.

[jus_the_facts]

19. WTF.......it's as 'Murikkkan as APPLE F'N PIE.......

....this exact type of thing is what the MAJORITY of television shows PROMOTE *reality* and drama RE: be as cut throat, back stabbin' as you can be..and all the CRIME dramas.....also HAZING goes on and has gone on across the country in colleges AND high schools....don't EVEN get me started on OUR OWN PRISON SYSTEM....or the history of civil RIGHTS!!! :eyes: :evilfrown:

[genius]

20. I guess he doesn't want to the buck to stop with him or Bush

Does anyone doubt it goes all the way up to Bush?

[maxsolomon]

21. considering we have the highest per capita prison population

and abuse is an inevitable part of the jailer/prisoner dynamic, i'd say prison abuse is 100% american.

[Raven]

22. Rummy said that the public was informed of the abuse

in January or February (I think that's what I heard him say). How come I don't have any memory whatsoever of that??? Did the government disclose this and, if so, what the hell did they say???

[drNick]

23. reminds me of the time...

Homer scolds Bart for something(I think water in the mailbox) and
Bart says, "what the hell you talking about? you're the one that double dared us!".

[yardwork]

25. Rumsfeld? Shut the f*ck up.

[samsingh]

26. unamerican yes

but pro-neocon. just ask hannity. he thinks its not that serious

[yellowcanine]

29. Worst Rummy Performance Ever

And I think I have heard most of them. He was almost as incoherent as Bush himself and somehow he still managed to be arrogant and condescending. Amazing. The torture/abuse distinction was pathetic. And the Pubbies attack Kerry, Gore and Clinton for parsing words. Sheesh! And Rummy still hasn't read the report! Not even the Executive Summary. He says he "looked" at it. O.K. Rummy Dummy. Exactly what does that mean? You looked at the first paragraph, the last paragraph, or just the outside cover?????