What's in a number so what if it's 1, 500, or 14,000?
March/07/06 03:27 PM
Mr.President,
At what point will it begin to matter how many people you hold without charging or trying them for any crimes? Padilla was one of the first Americans you held without any charges of wrongdoing. Over 500 are held at Guantanimo but only 10 have been formally charged as alleged terrorists.
Today the Guardian notes that about 14,000 people have been held by US and UK forces in Iraq under similar circumstances. To compound this miscarriage of justice detainees are also being tortured by Iraqi forces.
With the majority of Iraq in shambles where law is dispensed at the point of a gun, and sectarian causes trump common law. The latest news about thousands of people held without any rights begs the question; how can anyone believe Iraq is better now that it was under Saddam?
The country is becoming a moonscape full of pockmark -reminders of car bombs and mortar rounds, where an ordinary trip to the market for foodstuffs may become your last.
Your war is a disaster and there is no way your spin masters in Washington can obscure it. This disgrace will haunt America for many years to come, and they have you to thank for it junior. The people who supported you throughout will not escape blame; one day the question will be asked "where were the good Americans?"
I can almost see Scooter chuckle at the thought, the irony of it all.
The CIA says supplying Libby's lawyers with the documents they request would hamper their ability to advise you on security threats.
Since when did Libby begin to care about the effectiveness of the CIA? For that matter, why would you care either?
You ignored everything the CIA told you before and during the war. You had Cheney and Rumsfield sort CIA intelligence, and cherry-pick just the right bits and pieces of uncorroborated information to support your views.
During the war, you ignored their analysis of insurgent activity and potential civil war among the three factions.
I am sure the role of the CIA has been drastically changed during your reign.
I would imagine when you get together with the CIA, the meeting is less advisory and more about CIA 's marching orders regarding what kind of selective intelligence you need to justify what ever you want to claim as fact.
And even if you did suddenly get smart enough to stop listening to Cheney about how to run the war. There is only a skeleton of an agency left. Many top analysts and agents have fled the agency after Goss took over. Remaining analysts and technicians have been asked to sign loyalty oaths.
Some day you may learn that the worst thing that can happen is getting what you ask for junior.
Russia wants to play in the game.
Catching you off guard has become a habit, but this time Europe was also surprised. None of you figured Russia would invite Hamas over for Kasha and perogies.
But, they obviously want to play too. The stakes are quite large. The winner will become a major influence in the Mideast.
OK, I understand it is the winners that write the history books but do you have to go back to the 40's to rewrite them? And besides who has declared you to be the winner?
When you spoke at the AEI in January 2003 you are quoted as saying “We meet here during a crucial period in the history of [the United States], and of the civilized world. Part of that history was written by others; the rest will be written by us.”
So tell your agencies to stop removing public archived documents, some of which go back to the 40's.
What are you doing with old documents anyway?
From: comments@whitehouse.gov
Date: March 7, 2006 3:31:04 PM CST
To: guzmatom@mac.com
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House is
unable to respond to every message, and therefore this response
is an autoreply.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
At what point will it begin to matter how many people you hold without charging or trying them for any crimes? Padilla was one of the first Americans you held without any charges of wrongdoing. Over 500 are held at Guantanimo but only 10 have been formally charged as alleged terrorists.
Today the Guardian notes that about 14,000 people have been held by US and UK forces in Iraq under similar circumstances. To compound this miscarriage of justice detainees are also being tortured by Iraqi forces.
With the majority of Iraq in shambles where law is dispensed at the point of a gun, and sectarian causes trump common law. The latest news about thousands of people held without any rights begs the question; how can anyone believe Iraq is better now that it was under Saddam?
The country is becoming a moonscape full of pockmark -reminders of car bombs and mortar rounds, where an ordinary trip to the market for foodstuffs may become your last.
Your war is a disaster and there is no way your spin masters in Washington can obscure it. This disgrace will haunt America for many years to come, and they have you to thank for it junior. The people who supported you throughout will not escape blame; one day the question will be asked "where were the good Americans?"
I can almost see Scooter chuckle at the thought, the irony of it all.
The CIA says supplying Libby's lawyers with the documents they request would hamper their ability to advise you on security threats.
Since when did Libby begin to care about the effectiveness of the CIA? For that matter, why would you care either?
You ignored everything the CIA told you before and during the war. You had Cheney and Rumsfield sort CIA intelligence, and cherry-pick just the right bits and pieces of uncorroborated information to support your views.
During the war, you ignored their analysis of insurgent activity and potential civil war among the three factions.
I am sure the role of the CIA has been drastically changed during your reign.
I would imagine when you get together with the CIA, the meeting is less advisory and more about CIA 's marching orders regarding what kind of selective intelligence you need to justify what ever you want to claim as fact.
And even if you did suddenly get smart enough to stop listening to Cheney about how to run the war. There is only a skeleton of an agency left. Many top analysts and agents have fled the agency after Goss took over. Remaining analysts and technicians have been asked to sign loyalty oaths.
Some day you may learn that the worst thing that can happen is getting what you ask for junior.
Russia wants to play in the game.
Catching you off guard has become a habit, but this time Europe was also surprised. None of you figured Russia would invite Hamas over for Kasha and perogies.
But, they obviously want to play too. The stakes are quite large. The winner will become a major influence in the Mideast.
OK, I understand it is the winners that write the history books but do you have to go back to the 40's to rewrite them? And besides who has declared you to be the winner?
When you spoke at the AEI in January 2003 you are quoted as saying “We meet here during a crucial period in the history of [the United States], and of the civilized world. Part of that history was written by others; the rest will be written by us.”
So tell your agencies to stop removing public archived documents, some of which go back to the 40's.
What are you doing with old documents anyway?
From: comments@whitehouse.gov
Date: March 7, 2006 3:31:04 PM CST
To: guzmatom@mac.com
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House is
unable to respond to every message, and therefore this response
is an autoreply.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.