Absurd
Bush & Co. weighed in harshly on the recent Amnesty International report that accused the United States of violating human rights and labelled Guantanamo Bay "the gulag of our times."
First, there was the President himself during today's press conference:
I'm aware of the Amnesty International report, and it's absurd. It's an absurd allegation. The United States is a country that is -- promotes freedom around the world. When there's accusations made about certain actions by our people, they're fully investigated in a transparent way. It's just an absurd allegation.
In terms of the detainees, we've had thousands of people detained. We've investigated every single complaint against the detainees. It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of -- and the allegations -- by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble -- that means not tell the truth. And so it was an absurd report. ...
Um, that's not embarrassing to hear from the leader of the free world.
Cheney came out against the report on Larry King Live:
Frankly, I was offended by it. For Amnesty International to suggest that somehow the United States is a violator of human rights, I frankly just don't take them seriously.
Finally, there was Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Fox News Sunday:
I think it's irresponsible. I think it's absolutely irresponsible.
If you look back at the policy of this government, what we said we treat people -- the president said, and we've all said -- humanely and where military necessity permits, and in accordance with the Geneva Convention, we're doing that. And I just outlined a number of incidents. And it's very small compared to the population of detainees we've handled.
But here's the question that needs to be debated by everybody, and that is: how do you handle people who aren't part of a nation- state effort, that are picked up on the battlefield, that if you release them or let them go back to their home countries, they would turn right around and try to slit our throats, our children's throats? I mean, these are the people that took four airplanes and drove them into three buildings on September 11th. They're the same folks with the same mentality.
Wow, I didn't know the 9/11 hijackers were captured. Isn't that news?
[Via Cursor]
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