Re: Why we're there...
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 7, 2003
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Geneva Convention
The James S. Brady Briefing Room 1:40 P.M. EST
MR. FLEISCHER: I have an announcement to make. Today President Bush affirms our enduring commitment to the important principles of the Geneva Convention. Consistent with American values and the principles of the Geneva Convention, the United States has treated and will continue to treat all Taliban and al Qaeda detainees in Guantanamo Bay humanely and consistent with the principles of the Geneva Convention.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030507-18.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
<<In April 2004 reports of the abuse, as well as graphic pictures showing American military personnel in the act of abusing prisoners, came to public attention, when a 60 minutes 11 news report (April 28) and an article by in The New Yorker magazine (posted online on April 30
And published days later in the May 10 issue) reported the story. Janis Karpinski, commander of Abu Ghraib during the time, estimated later that 90% of detainees in the prison were innocent.>>
Waaterinfuel notice the dates on the press release? Here I?ll bring them down .(
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Geneva Convention
The James S. Brady Briefing Room )May 07 2003, 1:40 P.M. EST
MR. FLEISCHER: I have an announcement to make. Today President Bush affirms our enduring
commitment to the important principles of the Geneva Convention. Consistent with American values and the principles of the Geneva Convention, the United States has treated and will continue to treat all Taliban and al Qaeda detainees in Guantanamo Bay humanely and consistent with the principles of the Geneva Convention.
So what breaks
less that a year later, Abu Ghraib. Your wondering why I?m bringing this up I suppose ? One reason is to show what a
bunch of hypocrites we have running this country, another is just maybe could be some of the reason that the enemy is using as justification for there torture. Most likely not, but could be in some instances.
You state (?
had we left the guys in this document would still be getting tortured, or would be dead?).Well if we hadn?t gone into Iraq on a bunch of lies in the first place they wouldn?t be n the situation to be tortured by the Iraqis would they?
Oo..before someone gets a knee jerk, and says Bush never lied ,prove it. Read the dates of the snips again.
Here is another of your statements (
We want a democratic Iraq, and people just like that are standing in the way). How about what the Iraqis want? Were in there country ,uninvited, and trying to force Democracy on a country that never ask for it. Is it any wonder that 71 percent of the Iraq?s polled favored our getting the
hell out of there country?
An overwhelming majority believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing . If the U.S. made a commitment to withdraw, a majority believes that this would strengthen the Iraqi government
.
I will leave you with this quote, from your post(
Treehugger and Haut want us to leave).Won t attempt to speak for Haut, he is more than capable to speak for himself,
I have stated many times on this forum we have to finish what we started. We came in there like bunch of understaffed Rambos, proclaiming that we will bring
Democracy too these people,
led by a ship of fools, and broke there country .I?m a firm believer in the words of
General Colin Powell, when he said s
we broke it we have to fix it, don?t mean
I have too get lockstep with the fools, will try my best to get rid of every trace of them in the coming elections. They are a
scourge on this great country, they go around proclaiming what great patriots they are, while trying to undermine the constitution, saying it is just a piece of paper.
Seems to be one of the only ways that Liberals can see to fulfull their inner spiritual needs.
