Posted by fayeroe on June 15, 2007, at 20:35:43
In reply to Re: Son-In-Law back to Iraq in December for year » fayeroe, posted by Sigismund on June 15, 2007, at 20:04:19
> >i'm floored by what the man said about the torture and killing......ewwwwwwwww. makes chills run over me......as long as it isn't their family.......it's okay
>
> I thought at least he was frank, and too, he was speaking out of a sense of considerable frustration that I didn't fully understand.
> Michael Scheuer, the head of the unit to catch bin Laden was frank too.
> Asked what he thought happened to those subject to rendition, he said "I don't care."
> He's written a book "Through Our Enemies Eyes. Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America".
> They both seemed like realism and honesty itself compared to our leaders, which seems like an appalling thing to say.
> Then again they're not politicians and can ignore the media.
> Is that it?
>
> But our government has connived in this, and for what purpose?
> I'd say power and influence, but it won't look so good in the years to come.
>
> All the innocent people caught up in (as you said) 'something so lame'.the frankness is what startled me..........i'm used to the secretive crap......can't see Cheney's visitor logs, etc. etc. etc. notice how Bush loved Albania......no fear of being killed. all of his audiences here are hand picked...........
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