Today, in a speech about Guantanamo Bay prisoners, George W. Bush stated that some "detainees" had been released... only to "return to the battlefield". Is he making this stuff up?? Where is the evidence of prisoners being "released"? much less "returning to the battlefield"??? Don't you think that someone would have produced names or other evidence of this if it were true? Why has no one "held-his-feet-to-the-fire", and asked for EVIDENCE?? A former "detainee" ( who had been captured by mistake), was interviewed on N.P.R. radio a few months ago. He stated that many "detainees' who had been captured in Afghanistan, were merely victims of a generous "reward" given to anyone who "turned-in" a suspected member of Al Queda.... ( $2000.00.... a HUGE sum of money to any Afghani who harbored a grudge against someone) Perhaps an Afghani disliked his father-in-law..... what better way to make money and get rid of someone you disliked?? These prisoners are called "detainees".... a term which illicts FAR less outrage than "prisoner-of-war", or "enemy-combatant". A "detainee".... that sounds like someone who might have "missed their flight" at an airport, or maybe someone who was "late-for-work"!!!Hardly the correct term for someone who is being ILLEGALLY imprisoned, wiht NO rights or legal-representation WHATEVER!! Some of the Major"pillars" of our Democracy are "human-Rights", "international-Law", and the "right to counsel"!!! It seems that the Bush/Cheney administration is willing to DO ANYTHING; and justify it with vague references to "National-Security", and "Patriotism"!! Similarly-outrageous contempt for our Constitution has been found in the "Patriot-Act"; which allows SECRET searches of our homes , schools, and libraries; WITHOUT "REASONABLE" CAUSE, OR SEARCH-WARRANTS!! Thomas Jefferson is TURNING-OVER IN HIS GRAVE!! When the Republicans were asked about prisoner conditions at "GITMO", they resorted to lame "show-&-tell"; exhibiting a plate with a "typical-meal" fed to the "detainees". We were told that "They got TWO different vegetables!!".. NO discussion of the torture-tactics endorsed and encouraged by Donald Rumsfeld. NO discussion of documented evidence of numerous violations of the "Geneva-Convention" rules. (prisoners were shackled and handcuffed; denied food and water, and made to crouch in painfull positions in the hot sun for hours on end) Bill Moyers has a new book out. It chronicles the "Neo-Con" agenda to gain further control of America's media. Have you noticed the "right-Wing" incursions into so-called "News" shows on P.B.S.??? It seems that Carl Rove has installed his own hand-picked man into a position of power at the C.P.B. (Corporation For Public Broadcasting).... a move attempted by Republican Newt Ginrich a few years ago; is now taking place due to the Neo-Con control of ALL branches of OUR government. Bush continues to speak of "persevering" in Iraq; "until our mission is accomplished".... Have we all forgotten that the "mission" was SUPPOSED TO BE to find "W.M.D.s"??????NOT to install "Democracy" amid anarchy; NOT to control Iraq's oil-production; NOT to capture and prosecute Saddam Hussein!!! I am SURE that Saddam Hussein killed FAR LESS people as dictator, than Bush has killed in his illegal and short-sighted invasion!! The "casualties" in Iraq are increasing every day; the civilian deaths are estimated at OVER 100,000... with as many being wounded. The American deaths have now exceeded 1700 with injuries greater than 12,000!!! THIS after George W. Bush declared: "all combat opperations in Iraq" to have ended; while standing under the infamous sign which read: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"!! Experts have now determined that the "insurgents" in Iraq are almost ALL foreign-nationals; with 57% of them COMING FROM SAUDI ARABIA!!! (The nation controlled by Bush's buddies and business-partners) The "Downing-Street-Memos" which have now surfaced, have PROVED a pre-conceived agenda to invade Iraq and manipulate the "intelligence" to justify it!! Similar evidence of this colonialistic hubris can be found in the published documents of the "P.N.A.C.".... "The Project for a New American Century"..... This Fanatical Neo-Con group has stated, since as long ago as 1998, that America needed to invade Iraq and establish a military dominance in the Middle East; using our Armed-Forces as a "FIRST_CHOICE" option!!! It's members include: George W. Bush (senior), George W. Bush (Jr.), Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Carl Rove, and Jeb Bush.... among others!! Many of the same people who have close financial-ties to Halliburton and the Carlyle Group. Such evidence is not only contemptable, but CRIMINAL!! Today, ANOTHER multi-billion-dollar contract to Halliburton was awarded....Yet NO investigation has been made into Billions of dollars lost & over-charged by Halliburton already!!! (Meanwhile, Dick Cheney continues to collect OVER $800,000 PER YEAR FROM HALLIBURTON STOCK!!!) John Bolton's "confirmation" to the ambassadorship of the U.N. is , thankfully, being blocked by the Senate. Time will tell, if Bush choses to "pull-a-fast-one" during the 4th-of-July holiday, and over-ride the consensus of the Senate. It is un-imaginable, how anyone could endorse such a "loose-cannon" as Bolton; for a position which requires a "diplomat", and "Statesman"!! His confirmation to the U.N. can ONLY irriate, incite and alienate the rest of the world. The president who claims to be "a "uniter, not a divider" has created MORE division and alienation than any world-leader to date!! His incompetance and lack of "vision", have mired us in a quagmire reminiscent of Viet Nam and Korea. (two conflicts of which "Dubyuh" HAS NO EXPERIENCE OR KNOWLEDGE!!) "Regime-Change" and "Establishing-Democracy" BEGIN AT HOME!!! IMPEACH BUSH NOW!!!......... Dave
- posted by Dave @ 10:57 PM