mock shock or "what Jan 16 press release?"

[Nie Trink Wasser]

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040143.txt

January 16, 2004
Release Number: 04-01-43


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


DETAINEE TREATMENT INVESTIGATION

BAGHDAD, Iraq – An investigation has been initiated into reported incidents of detainee abuse at a Coalition Forces detention facility. The release of specific information concerning the incidents could hinder the investigation, which is in its early stages. The investigation will be conducted in a thorough and professional manner. The Coalition is committed to treating all persons under its control with dignity, respect and humanity. Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the Commanding General, has reiterated this requirement to all members of CJTF-7.

 

[Dorian Gray]

If you weren't such an idiot, you might be able to determine the difference between a press release about an investigation of abuse and a press release consisting of photos which PROVE abuse. Did that press release say that evidence was found showing that people were guilty of abuse and courts-martial were taking place? (Hint: No, it didn't.) But after the pictures, NOW we are seeing some courts-martial, some hemming and hawing from Rumsfeld, some accountability.

There have been reports of abuse since we captured the first prisoner in 2001 in Afghanistan, coming from the Red Cross and Amnesty International. And it took your stupid asinine furtive administration two and a half years to take them seriously, and even then only after photos were shown on TV and in the press.