"Articles of Impeachment"
By appointing John Ashcroft, and allowing him to appoint a proven sadist to
oversee the Iraqi prison system, George Bush demonstrates his 'Christian
values.' The media parrots his tepid outrage. Bush and the media both ignored
the findings of the IRC (Red Cross) and Amnesty International that abuse of
prisoners in Iraq was a widespread and serious problem.
By allowing Rumsfeld to break the military's chain of command structures,
inserting highly-paid, GOP friendly private contractors into the system, Bush
destroyed all accountability. As with Enron and Arthur Anderson, various parties
will point fingers. No one but soldiers following orders will be punished.
Scapegoats of a system which ordered them to 'loosen up' prisoners, but which
neglected to inform them of their Geneva Conventions responsibilities.
The administration is decrying the pictures, not the abuse. They ordered the
abuse. They didn't expect that the underlings wouldn't know enough to hide the
evidence of their crimes. Rumsfeld, in his astonishing congressional testimony,
made it clear that he believed the true culprits in this scandal were our
freedom of speech, digital photography, and the internet.
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