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To: KLP who wrote (42165)	5/4/2004 5:09:57 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793838

Karen, You know i feel your outrage. After all i witnessed folks jumping from the WTC. So we share that view. The problem with our soldiers is that these reserves had a reserve general who never commanded them and answered only to MI contractors. Who came up with this silly idea? I dont know. But those young people did greater damage to the heroic actions of the american servicemen and women than we can now imagine. I hope we overcome it. But the team needs to be changed for us to even have a chance. And if we are to keep bush in office someone has to go. As Trump says, "Your fired" Lets get Rummy a watch. I think he almost succeeded but the plan was flawed when peacemaking and nation building replaced the war.

To: KLP who wrote (42165)	5/5/2004 6:43:40 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

"I'm furious that we are doing so many good things, in so many places, and yet, when a few really bad eggs in the basket pollute their nest, and ours, all the good we have been doing is forgotten." I find it interesting that this abuse of prisoners story has already received far more media attention than the sum total of media time spent reporting all the good things we have done in Iraq in the last year. The prison abuse story will likely receive more media attention by the end of the month than all of the time they spent reporting on Saddam's massive genocidal atrocities, the rape, torture & horrific slaughter of many hundreds of thousands since 1979. Here's a few questions I'd like to see asked of each of the journalists who are now falling all over themselves to report about the prison abuse scandal (on a global scale)..... Precisely what type of coverage have each of you given to Saddam for his serious human rights abuses against POW's, prisoners &/or innocent civilians over the years? How much time & effort was spent covering it? How were those reports framed? How many of these reports were Headline news & how many were given secondary or tertiary treatment? Did Saddam, the Taliban or any terrorist group ever openly admit to or transparently investigate, then punish anyone for the human rights abuses they committed? These same (relevant) questions should be asked about; - How Coalition prisoners have been treated in Iraq & Afghanistan, - The progress in Iraq in the last year, - The Oil-for-Food scandal, - The Taliban's human rights abuses & their support for Al Qaeda - The progress in Afghanistan in the last two years, - The UN's role/success in preventing human rights abuses since its inception, - The human rights abuses of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hizballah, etc., - The human rights abuses in the ME & their support for terrorist organizations, - The genocide in Rwanda, - The genocide in Sudan, - etc., etc., etc. Then consider the scale of real damage of each from these stories compared to what we know about the prison abuse story. Sure we should be held to a higher standard, but is the vast coverage difference anywhere near appropriate?