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To: Amy J who wrote (188013)	5/6/2004 4:58:51 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1585583

Amy, re: Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. Where on earth is the outcry on this? Bush is making the USA appear like the world's biggest liars. This will negatively hurt us - hugely so if they do not prosecute criminal charges against Private London (the female soldier in the photos abusing prisoners) and the murderer. It's CYA time. First they have to figure how far up the chain of command this goes. At some point did some general say to Rummy, "hey we're getting heat on prisoner abuse, what should we do?" And Rummy says "are we getting good intel?, Then forget it, we've got more important stuff to worry about". Before they arrest the privates, and the privates get lawyers, they have to get a grip on the scope. That's my guess anyway. John

To: Amy J who wrote (188013)	5/6/2004 5:04:04 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585583

And Bush said it was un-American. But their procedures allow it to happen systematically because no criminal charges were made against Private London and the American solider that murdered an Iraqi prisoner - both are free. This gives a person the impression that Bush is a liar. His words promise action, but he takes no action, and this reflect extremely poorly on America and will make all of us Americans look like big liars. He is making the situation much, much worse. By using words ("we will punish them severely") that don't match his action, he turns our America into a liar Amy, You are absolutely right but this has been his MO from the get go. He puts on his sad face and makes this pleaful speech but nothing really changes. But what does happen is that Americans thing he is this highly moral, upstanding individual. They fall for it every time. That's why the sucker scares me. And, of course, those who don't care but like his agenda are ecstatic. ted