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Wednesday, May 12
Via Ginmar All I know is, nothing I can say seems to sum up this situation. I look at those soldiers, and they seem disturbingly familiar. Nothing in their background seems to indicate this, and their excuses are lame. They didn't get an education in the Geneva Convention? So you have to be told that it's wrong to strip people naked and sexually abuse them? Gee, that pretty much seemed a given to me. But that's me. I don't know. I really don't. It's disturbing to look at that, and think of all the Iraqis I met whom I'd much rather have living on my street than those soldiers. Maybe the best we can hope for is to trade. Maybe the Iraqis will know that we're not all like that, and maybe we should remember that they're not the people in Fallujah. Tuesday, May 11
All Roads Lead To Bush Michael Berg lashed out at the U.S. military and Bush administration, saying his son might still be alive had he not been detained by U.S. officials in Iraq without being charged and without access to a lawyer. Nick Berg, a small telecommunications business owner, spoke to his parents on March 24 and told them he would return home on March 30. But Berg was detained by Iraqi police at a checkpoint in Mosul on March 24. He was turned over to U.S. officials and detained for 13 days. His father, Michael, said his son wasn't allowed to make phone calls or contact a lawyer. FBI agents visited Berg's parents in West Chester on March 31 and told the family they were trying to confirm their son's identity. On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released... Michael Berg said he blamed the U.S. government for creating circumstances that led to his son's death... Thursday, May 6
Rumsfeld is a snide, weasley, evil little man who thinks that by mincing words he'll confuse the masses, the media, and exonerate himself and the deplorable actions he has set in motion. The Washington Post reports that "U.S. officials said Rumsfeld and the Pentagon resisted appeals in recent months from the State Department and the Coalition Provisional Authority to deal with problems relating to detainees." According to Salon.com: "My impression is that what has been charged thus far is abuse, which I believe technically is different from torture," Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday. "I don't know if it is correct to say what you just said, that torture has taken place, or that there's been a conviction for torture. And therefore I'm not going to address the torture word." Watch as Rummy gets caught in a lie. Go to MoveOn.org to see what you can do to end Rumsfeld's career. Wednesday, May 5
Freedom Isn't Cheap via MoveOn.org Oscar-winning director Michael Moore has finished his latest documentary, but The Walt Disney Company is refusing to let the American public see it. The film, "Fahrenheit 911," is critical of President Bush's actions before and after Sept. 11 and describes Bush's relationships with powerful Saudi families, including that of Osama bin Laden. According to the New York Times, Moore's agent says embattled Disney chief Michael Eisner feared the documentary could endanger the company's tax breaks in Florida, where Bush's brother, Jeb, is governor. P.S. This story appeared on the front page of today's New York Times Monday, May 3
Jimmy Breslin "These are the people running your country and a war that could have no end. The new Vietnam? Of course not. Vietnam was only one country. This time, we are up against a world religion. And your president and vice president would not appear where they could be seen, their smirks, their glares, and they would not speak under oath because that is obvious: if they lied, they could be charged with perjury. They are yours. Good morning, suckers." |
