"I'm probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment [of Iraqi POWs]," spat Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, a card-holding member of the Party of Lincoln, to fellow members of the Armed Services Committee. "You know, they're not there for traffic violations. They're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents." Actually, according to the Red Cross report on Abu Ghraib, 90 percent of the detainees had been "arrested by mistake." Inhofe's rant continued: "I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons." Yup, that's no doubt the expression on their faces: gratitude. "Some people are overreacting," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay after viewing photos and tapes of bloodied prisoners forced to sodomize themselves and one another.
[ May 19, 2004, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: Ben ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Um, it might not be considered fair use to post entire editorials in a post here. It's generally considered more acceptable to post a link and one salient quotation from it.
Dagonee
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
because the mods didn't have the forsight to add edit buttons?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Your post is editable.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Ben -- they are only showing concern for copyright laws by your posting of the whole thing here. Don't get snarky.
FG
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
Ben, they aren't trying to curb your speech as much as limit the Cards' liability. There is no shame editting your post to include a telling paragraph and a link.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
If the authors decide to sue for copyright infringement, guess who the defendent is going to be? It isn't going to be you. It will be our hosts.
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
thanks, Ben
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
sorry about that. chalk it up to a bad hour in my day. thanks.
Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :