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Atticus Grinch [list]US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved the use of aggressive tactics to frighten Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to newly-released documents...
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In typical fashion, you quote the BBC*. Why don't you follow the lead of your buddy Tyrone and read all the blogs and report the full story - that Rumsfeld refuted such techniques as early as December 2002
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Given that the defense thus far has been this didn't come from a high level, is there really any room left to defend this?
I'm keen to hear how the brightest minds on the board can explain how we done good here.
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Not that you deem me a "bright" one around here, but my dimm [sic] bulb can see a clear difference between the initial rules laid down for stateless-combatants at Gitmo, then evaluated and renounced thereafter, and refuted before becoming the MO at Abu.
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My prediction: Bush announces days after 6/30 that Rumsfeld will not serve as Secty in Term II, but will complete tenure in Term I.
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Can I sue you for plagiarism on this? Do a search.
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After the election, if 43 wins, he'll appoint him to some other post as a big FU to the 70% of Americans who wanted him gone in disgrace. Ambassador to France, maybe?
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I never pondered this, but why not. After all**, the Dems chose to illegally seat a dead person, and, as a result, you got AG Ashcroft. What comes around, goes around.
* Typical BBC anti-American/British nonsense, as reported just today by Sullivan:
"THE BBC ON THE BEHEADING: Never averse to presenting the other side in dealing with terrorists who behead innocent civilians, the BBC had this to say about South Koreans' views of yesterday's atrocity and the policy implications:
The South Korean troops to be deployed in Iraq are due to be involved in humanitarian and rebuilding work, and the area they are to be based in, near Kurdish-controlled Irbil, has been largely peaceful. But the BBC's Charles Scanlon in Seoul says that internet chat sites suggest a majority of Koreans believe their troops should not be taking part in what they see as an immoral occupation.
Ah the scientific polling of the BBC. Anything to promote the idea that a war against terror and fascism is futile.
If this isn't enough,
try this
** Talk about "opening the door"
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