from The New York Times
In December 2002, Mr. Rumsfeld authorized things like hooding prisoners, using dogs to terrify them, forcing them into "stress positions" for long periods, stripping them, shaving them and isolating them. All this was prohibited by the Geneva Conventions, but President Bush had already declared on Feb. 7, 2002, that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to Al Qaeda...
Still, the civilian panel said the politicians had only indirect responsibility for this mess, and Mr. Schlesinger made the absurd argument that firing Mr. Rumsfeld would aid "the enemy." That is reminiscent of the comment Mr. Bush made last spring when he visited the Pentagon to view images of American soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners and then announced that Mr. Rumsfeld was doing a "superb job."
2 comments:
I think they should have fired Rumsfeld when he referred to innocent casualties as "collateral damage." Besides, he usually looks like a rabid dog; and more to the point, he acts like one too.
BTW, Rockefellar might be trying to keep Rumsfeld, because he's a liabiity to Bush's presidency. And considering that most of Bush's appointments seems to perverse, there might be method in his madness.
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