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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/11/2004 6:27:26 PM
From: DizzyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Correct! I'm sick of the double standard displayed by these Dems. This incident apparently doesn't forward their political agenda. Such hypocrisy! BTW, I thought you might enjoy this article: Senator 'Outraged at Outrage' in Iraq Prison Case By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As others condemned the reported abuse of Iraqi prisoners, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe expressed outrage at the outcry over the scandal and took aim at "humanitarian do-gooders" investigating American troops. But Sen. John McCain, himself a former prisoner of war, said such humanitarian involvement distinguished the United States from its enemies. "I'm probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment," Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican and an outspoken conservative, told a U.S. Senate hearing probing the case. In heated remarks at odds with others on the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) who criticized the U.S. military's handling of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, Inhofe said American sympathies should lie with U.S. troops. "I am also outraged that we have so many humanitarian do-gooders right now crawling all over these prisons looking for human rights violations, while our troops, our heroes are fighting and dying," he said. "These prisoners, you know they're not there for traffic violations," said Inhofe, whose senatorial Web site describes him as an advocate of "Oklahoma values." "If they're in cellblock 1-A or 1-B, these prisoners, they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents. Many of them probably have American blood on their hands and here we're so concerned about the treatment of those individuals." Cindy Shea, 41, who works in advertising in Edmond, Oklahoma, said of Inhofe's comments: "I wouldn't say those are Oklahoma values. ... I don't think Oklahomans believe in injustice to anybody. I don't think the treatment there is reflective of the values held by the majority of Americans. I think what happened there is horrendous. It's the biggest mess ever." HUMANITARIAN DO-GOODERS' Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, referred ironically to "humanitarian do-gooders" as he asked a panel of military officials whether the United States should have signed the Geneva Convention governing war prisoners. When the officials answered yes, McCain continued in a facetious vein: "Why do you think we should? Because ... this keeps us from getting information that may save American lives. This is a restraint by humanitarian do-gooders. Why don't we just throw them in the trash can and do whatever's necessary?" McCain said he feared future U.S. prisoners of war could face "very serious consequences" if U.S. forces "somehow convey the impression that we've got to do whatever is necessary and humanitarian do-gooders have no place in this arena." Tuesday's marathon hearing followed similar long sessions on Friday with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Rumsfeld apologized and said the conduct at Abu Ghraib did not represent U.S. military personnel in Iraq (news - web sites). On Tuesday, Rumsfeld defended the U.S. military's role in Iraq and suggested that Iraq's expected reconstruction was no more deadly that the building of the United States after the Revolutionary War. "The building of a free state in Iraq has proceeded probably with fewer lives lost and certainly no more mayhem that we endured here in the United States 228 years ago when we were going through it, or than occurred in Japan or Germany after World War II," Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon (news - web sites). news.yahoo.com Diz-

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/11/2004 6:28:21 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Those piss ant prisoners being spanked at Abu Ghraib prison are no different than those pieces of fecal matter that murdered this American civilian... That is like torturing some 100 random guys from your zipcode just because someone from that area stole a car or assaulted somebody else. Who knows, as long as the 100 doesn't include you or your family, you might even approve of that!

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/11/2004 6:30:33 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

nevermind that they wouldn't have had an oppty to kill that man -- if we didn't invade and occupy that country on false pretenses -- duhh!!! I don't suppose you'd like it if someone took over your corner of FL because you were a threat to them -- oh yeah, I know you haven't done anything yet -- but I think you might -- you sound kinda racist and might have stockpiled some nukes or something I think the people in that prison were human beings. May not believe the same things I do. May actually be hostile to Americans on the whole -- but I don't wonder why. They aren't fecal matter. Neither are the thousands we've killed in order to "democratize" them and bring them the light of reason. To the world we appear as ignorant boisterous fools now -- thanks to W-can't-can't-string-together-a-complete-sentence-education-president-wanna-be-who-stole-th-lection <g>

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/11/2004 7:03:28 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 769670

Exactly. Decapitation vs nudity....which one is the atrocity? Liberals struggle to see the difference. Today's tragic example demonstrates to the American people why we need to re-elect Bush Adm.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/12/2004 1:09:28 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Well said, GZ! Kennedy, Daschele and the others who have given the enemy aid and comfort should be very very very ashamed of themselves.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (574164)	5/12/2004 1:26:13 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Those piss ant prisoners being spanked at Abu Ghraib prison are no different than those pieces of fecal matter that murdered this American civilian... Where is the outrage from all those bleeding heart demohacks, indeed!!! The outrage is directed at you and your kind for getting us into this war! You all have done nothing right since shock and awe. Thousands are dead and more thousands are maimed due to the ineptitude of you and your leaders. And then you have the big ones to blame those of us who don't agree with your nonsense. You are a major waste of bandwidth. BTW how's cyberbarbie?