Larry's brother Joe
Posted on 05/15/2004 6:27:34 PM PDT by 68skylark
"Assertions apparently being made in the latest New Yorker article on Abu Ghraib and the abuse of Iraqi detainees are outlandish, conspiratorial, and filled with error and anonymous conjecture.
"The abuse evidenced in the videos and photos, and any similar abuse that may come to light in any of the ongoing half dozen investigations into this matter, has no basis in any sanctioned program, training manual, instruction, or order in the Department of Defense.
"No responsible official of the Department of Defense approved any program that could conceivably have been intended to result in such abuses as witnessed in the recent photos and videos.
"To correct one of the many errors in fact, Undersecretary Cambone has no responsibility, nor has he had any responsibility in the past, for detainee or interrogation programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, or anywhere else in the world.
"This story seems to reflect the fevered insights of those with little, if any, connection to the activities in the Department of Defense."
More than the usual amount of word weaseling there.
Larry's brother Joe
B.S.
From the other day when I heard reporters start to twist these two separate issues into interchangeable, I pointed out the disparity.
There is no weaseling whatsoever.
Further, to continue to insist on a baseless position you'd have to ignore all of the comments the parties have made on the issue. There is zero parsing needed to understand the plain meaning.
Are you suffering from ADD, by any chance?
That was the most unequivocal denial ever issued by any government body, anywhere, anytime.
"This story seems to reflect the fevered insights of those with little, if any, connection to the activities in the Department of Defense."
I was amazed that the article by Seymour Hersh was pulled from the board. I was in the middle of posting a reply when the thread was pulled. Does our moderator think he can keep such negative info. from us? That article is being splashed all over everywhere and we need to see what is being said before we can see the DOD reply! Absurd.
I think it just has to be posted as an excerpt -- not the full article. If you're eager to have it posted here then give it a try. (Personally, I don't have much interest in reading it.)
Dittos ....Bear Wash is drinking mouthwash
There are several threads on the topic.
The obvious answer is "no", the moderator is not keeping information from "us".
LOL
(BTW, Sy Hersh is full of beans. Pass it on.)
There are more canaries in the State dept than there were in Gotti's Raven Club. They're out to get Rumsfeld, asap, PDQ and post haste!
Please site an example of weasle factor...I do no see it
I thought the explanation for the formation of the SAG secret cells was very positive for Rummy - opportunities lost at high value Al Quada and Taliban because of command incopetance from Florida headquarters.
Complaint from Condé Nast. Material not allowed here, even as excerpts:
P.S. What the world needs is a lot more good Patriarchs.
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