(9 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
After the news broke of torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, George W. Bush set up interviews to make the case that it was just a “few bad apples”.
Bush on an Arab television station after the Abu Ghraib situation went public, explaining the difference between a free nation with the rule of law and a dictatorship:
“It’s important for people to understand that in a democracy, there will be a full investigation. In other words, we want to know the truth. In our country, when there’s an allegation of abuse … there will be a full investigation, and justice will be delivered. … It’s very important for people and your listeners to understand that in our country, when an issue is brought to our attention on this magnitude, we act. And we act in a way in which leaders are willing to discuss it with the media. … In other words, people want to know the truth. That stands in contrast to dictatorships. A dictator wouldn’t be answering questions about this. A dictator wouldn’t be saying that the system will be investigated and the world will see the results of the investigation.“
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Sure.
Ok.
I’m easy.
Mr. Obama? Mr. Holder? You in?
Or you out?
I recall him saying something about investigating the outing of Valerie Plame, too.
Oops.
snot.nosed arrogant smarmy nervey lyin’ sack ‘o’ shit.
Send this video to Rachel, or Keith, and tell them to sit on it, then pop it out the same day the new Pentagon Pics are released, this month.
oh, you dot dot dot’d it, he said…
“not just alleged abuse, actual abuse, we all saw the pictures…”
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As we head down that road to the Apocalypse the cognitive dissonance will reach unbelievable levels. I still say when it happens then it will be real. Bioweapons release is trumping this card right now.
Can’t focus right now, Grandson is coming over.
like a fish wants to ride a bicycle.
He was lying then by insinuating that it was “a few bad apples” when those soldiers were more or less following directives from the Bush White House.
His gambit failed. He (or more likely Cheney and Rove) hoped that all of those documents would remain “top secret” for a long time. In order to achieve that, though, the American public would have to remain scared shitless of terrorism.
This strategery failed masterfully. Bush and Co. used torture to establish a non-existent link between bin Laden and Iraq. The invasion/occupation distracted us from terrorism. We are no longer scared of terrorism, so we are not so inclined to let the government keep secrets.
(Of course, Barack Obama getting elected probably never entered their thinking either. So much for relying on permanent majorities.)