Post by Moses on May 12, 2004 15:47:00 GMT -5
www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1215103,00.html
"The Bush administration said those who beheaded Berg would be hunted down and brought to justice. The White House condemned the killing, which it said reinforced its insistence that US abuses of prisoners paled in comparison with the crimes of its enemies. "
This is an extremely troubling response.
In addition:
""They're not soldiers, they're monsters ... and we are not going to rest until every last one of them is in a cell or a cemetery,'' said House Republican Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.
"The beheading video should be a wake-up call of who we're dealing with here,'' said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who sits on the Armed Services Committee, which is looking into the prison scandal. "They are despicable in every way and behave like animals. We must vanquish this enemy because defeat is unacceptable."
Discounting the killers' claims that Berg's slaying was an act of retaliation, Senate Intelligence Committee chair Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said, "Seems to me that this underscores, in part at least, the tremendous value of interrogation and better intelligence to prevent atrocities like this." "
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F05%2F12%2FMNGMO6K22V1.DTL
The implications of these statements, and their timing, are quite horrifying and chilling to contemplate.
"The Bush administration said those who beheaded Berg would be hunted down and brought to justice. The White House condemned the killing, which it said reinforced its insistence that US abuses of prisoners paled in comparison with the crimes of its enemies. "
This is an extremely troubling response.
In addition:
""They're not soldiers, they're monsters ... and we are not going to rest until every last one of them is in a cell or a cemetery,'' said House Republican Leader Tom DeLay of Texas.
"The beheading video should be a wake-up call of who we're dealing with here,'' said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who sits on the Armed Services Committee, which is looking into the prison scandal. "They are despicable in every way and behave like animals. We must vanquish this enemy because defeat is unacceptable."
Discounting the killers' claims that Berg's slaying was an act of retaliation, Senate Intelligence Committee chair Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said, "Seems to me that this underscores, in part at least, the tremendous value of interrogation and better intelligence to prevent atrocities like this." "
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F05%2F12%2FMNGMO6K22V1.DTL
The implications of these statements, and their timing, are quite horrifying and chilling to contemplate.