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Noah H
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Noah H asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Why does George Bush blame our fine soldiers for his mistakes?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_go_co/de...

George W. Bush blames our soldiers for the illegal abuse of prisoners, but today a bipartisan Senate committee released the results of a detailed investigation that places the blame squarely on Bush and his White House henchmen.

Update:

For those who ask where this info came from. It is a banner story on Yahoo news.

I provided the link for those interested in reading the entire article. It seems that some of the responses serve to reinforce that Bushites don't like facts that disagree with their prejudices.

here is info from todays article:

Panel blames White House, not soldiers, for abuse

WASHINGTON – The physical and mental abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was the direct result of Bush administration … and should not be dismissed as the work of bad guards or interrogators, according to a bipartisan Senate report released Thursday…..

Update 2:

The report is the result of a nearly two-year investigation that directly links President Bush's policies after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, legal memos on torture, and interrogation rule changes with the abuse photographed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq four years ago. Much of the report remains classified. Unclassified portions of the report were released

Update 3:

Administration officials publicly blamed the abuses on low-level soldiers_ the work "of a few bad apples." Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., called that "both unconscionable and false."

Arizona Republican and former prisoner of war Sen. John McCain, called the link between the survival training and U.S. interrogations of detainees inexcusable.

"These policies are wrong and must never be repeated," he said in a statement…

Update 4:

The report comes as the Bush administration continues to delay and in some cases bar members of Congress from gaining access to key legal documents and memos about the detainee program,

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  • Sass
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    George Bush is totally incapable or unwilling to ever admit any mistakes he or his minions have committed.

    During the Kerry debates a woman from the audience asked Bush to name three mistakes he had made in his first term in office. He smugly replied "I can't think of any."

    His habit is to consistently deny any wrong doing of any kind and then place blame on others, including in this case our brave fighting men and women of the military.

    When I heard a television announcement earlier this mouth that Bush said he was sorry for the financial mess I thought that maybe in his waning moments he had turned over a new leaf.. Then what he said was "I am sorry that the country is in a financial mess but it isn't my fault."

    Source(s): Observing the last eight years of corruption, lies and incompetence in the White House
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I disagree. It says that forced nudity, sleep deprivation and stress positions and until recently"water-boarding" were okay. But not sexual or religious harassment, dog attacks etc. Making someone stand nude for a long period of time is very mild. It was a few soldiers who added to it and took it much further. You may be able to legitimately argue that none of it is all right in your opinion, but the fact is that Bush was not there and these soldiers went too far, and even they know it.He is not blaming anyone but the ones directly involved and they did do it and they bear at least partial responsibility.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Oh hush. If you're gonna say something tell it right. Bush has always praised the soldiers for their service. If you remember bush was for the waterboarding Mccain thought it was too horrible. And as for the senate committee if you believe anyone in the congress now you are really being fooled. Not one of them can be trusted. And that bipartisan crap is just that, crap.You better stop talking about bush so much and keep ears and eyes opened on your great messiah. You may want to send him a sweet little message I think he's under some pressure right now wondering if he will be rateed out.

  • 1 decade ago

    If there were an attempt to make certain actions legal that are in fact recognized as illegal internationally--then the USA government entity that created those laws is responsible for answering for the USA policies that attempt to justify those laws.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You mean like Kerry said they were raping and murdering iinocent Iraqi's in teh dead of night?

    Or maybe like Harry Reid said the war was lost?

    Or maybe like Murtha called them murderers........

    SEPTEMBER 2001: MoveOn.Org: After 9/11, MoveOn collected signatures for statement calling for “justice, not escalating violence that would only play into the terrorists’ hands.” (Tony Pugh, “Against Tide, They Clamor For Peace,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/21/01)

    APRIL 2004: Daily Kos Founder Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Denounced Four American Contractors Who Were Mutilated By Terrorists In Fallujah, Iraq. Markos Moulitas Zúniga: “I feel nothing over the death of merceneries [sic]. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.” (“Murderous Rhetoric,” The Spectator, 4/10/04)

    SEPTEMBER 2004: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): “This war has been a grotesque mistake that has diminished our reputation in the world and has not made America safer.” (Elizabeth Wolfe, “Pelosi Calls Iraq War ‘Grotesque Mistake,’” The Associated Press, 9/25/04)

    NOVEMBER 2005: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA): “I believe we must begin discussions for an immediate re-deployment of U.S. forces from Iraq. I believe it can be accomplished in as little as six months …” (Rep. John Murtha, “Congressman Murtha Calls For Redeployment From Iraq,” Press Release, 11/17/05)

    DECEMBER 2005: DNC Chairman Howard Dean: “[The] idea that we’re going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong.” (San Antonio’s WOAI’s Website, www.woai.com, Accessed 12/5/05)

    DECEMBER 2005: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA): “There is no reason … that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children ...” (CBS’ “Face The Nation,” 12/4/05)

    MARCH 2006: Senate Candidate Ned Lamont (D-CT): “All they know is, A, I’m not Joe [Lieberman]. And, B, I’m against the war.” (Mark Pazniokas, “Lamont Campaign Builds Step By Step,” The Hartford [CT] Courant, 3/13/06)

    • JUNE 2006: Senate Candidate Ned Lamont (D-CT): “I think it’s time for us to take our front-line military operations and start bringing those troops home now.” (Susan Haigh, “Iraq War Key Topic Of Senate Race,” The Associated Press, 6/17/06)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    so when a soldier abuses a prisoner the president knows about it and should be blamed for it?

    hmmmmmmmmmm very interesting lol

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yeah, and Bush caused you to have a shitty personality too? Get over it. Although I do love the fact that hating Bush takes up so much of yor worthless little life. Go crawl back in your hole and make up some more conspiracy theories.

  • 1 decade ago

    Again with the misinformed question asker. Where do you get your news? Do even listen to the words...or just look at the pictures?

  • 1 decade ago

    OK I HATE THIS KIND OF ?'S HE IS NOT BLAMING SOLDIERS AND HE IS NOT TO BLAME FOR THAT THE ONES THAT ARE THE ONES TO BLAME ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE CIA

  • 1 decade ago

    Go to bed dude ..yo i hear ya momma.

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