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Posted by Sigismund on June 23, 2007, at 20:02:30
The other day Mr Howard said something like...
'I am disappointed with the reconciliation process in Iraq.'In the same spirit I would like to offer Gen. Jay Garner's
'But the problem with that planning is that it had been done in the vertical stovepipe of that agency and the horizontal connection of those plans did not occur.'
To the British Government Future of Iraq Commission. (Guardian June 18)So if anyone comes across words that conceal as much as they reveal (or vice versa mutatis mutandis), they might like to put them down here.
Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on June 23, 2007, at 23:39:48
In reply to Words, posted by Sigismund on June 23, 2007, at 20:02:30
> The other day Mr Howard said something like...
> 'I am disappointed with the reconciliation process in Iraq.'
>
> In the same spirit I would like to offer Gen. Jay Garner's
> 'But the problem with that planning is that it had been done in the vertical stovepipe of that agency and the horizontal connection of those plans did not occur.'
> To the British Government Future of Iraq Commission. (Guardian June 18)
>
> So if anyone comes across words that conceal as much as they reveal (or vice versa mutatis mutandis), they might like to put them down here.
>Here is a beaut...
"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment."
GWBush
Posted by Sigismund on June 24, 2007, at 1:25:22
In reply to Words, posted by Sigismund on June 23, 2007, at 20:02:30
'In 2003 there were 350 "self-harm" incidents, including 120 "hanging gestures".'
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Sumpter, army spokesman speaking to the press about attempted suicides at Guantanamo detention center. BBC News.
Posted by zeugma on June 26, 2007, at 8:09:35
In reply to Re: Words, posted by Sigismund on June 24, 2007, at 1:25:22
> 'In 2003 there were 350 "self-harm" incidents, including 120 "hanging gestures".'
>
> Lieutenant Colonel Leon Sumpter, army spokesman speaking to the press about attempted suicides at Guantanamo detention center. BBC News.>>These words turned up today on the editorial page of my local newspaper:
"Reality for Guantanomo Bay is the daily professionalism of its staff, he humanity of its detention centers and the fair and transparent nature of the military commissions charged with trying war criminals."
-Col. Morris Davis, chief prosecutor, Office of Military Commissions.
-z
Posted by Sigismund on June 26, 2007, at 15:25:48
In reply to Re: Words » Sigismund, posted by zeugma on June 26, 2007, at 8:09:35
These words turned up on
http://www.weaselwords.com.au/...the international community is helping Iraq move forward on a free and peaceful and democratic future... And we are here to to partner with the Iraqi people as they work to realize a better future...' White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan when asked by Helen Thomas of the Boston Channel why we are killing people in Iraq.
So they may not be very recent.
Posted by zeugma on June 26, 2007, at 16:33:23
In reply to Re: Words, posted by Sigismund on June 26, 2007, at 15:25:48
That link has an amusing name.
A few more words about Col. Davis' article (it is always a significant event when Gov't officials write articles in a paper that is anathema to them, cf. Porter Goss, Michael Brown, etc.):
Col. Davis could almost be describing a vacation resort: "most of the detainees are housed in new buildings modeled after civilian prisons in Indiana and Michigan...Detainees receive three culturally appropriate meals a day...Detainees are offered at least two hours of outdoor recreation a day...", and there is an eloquent testimonial to the salubrious nature of this spa, I mean prison, by one of its former inmates, who was no doubt sad to leave: "Mr. Hicks even thanked service members, and as one Australian newspaper cloumnist noted, he appeared in court 'looking fat, healthy and tanned, and cracking jokes.'"
Col. Davis almost has me ready to shell out big bucks to be put on a war crimes list, so I too can gain weight, tan, and crack jokes!His article even has a sentimental title: "The Guantanomo I Know."
By the time you finish his article, you want to know Guantanomo, too.
-z
Posted by Sigismund on June 26, 2007, at 18:44:00
In reply to Guantanomo is for lovers » Sigismund, posted by zeugma on June 26, 2007, at 16:33:23
Far out.
Posted by 1musketeer on June 28, 2007, at 15:29:46
In reply to Guantanomo is for lovers » Sigismund, posted by zeugma on June 26, 2007, at 16:33:23
> That link has an amusing name.
>
> A few more words about Col. Davis' article (it is always a significant event when Gov't officials write articles in a paper that is anathema to them, cf. Porter Goss, Michael Brown, etc.):
>
> Col. Davis could almost be describing a vacation resort: "most of the detainees are housed in new buildings modeled after civilian prisons in Indiana and Michigan...Detainees receive three culturally appropriate meals a day...Detainees are offered at least two hours of outdoor recreation a day...", and there is an eloquent testimonial to the salubrious nature of this spa, I mean prison, by one of its former inmates, who was no doubt sad to leave: "Mr. Hicks even thanked service members, and as one Australian newspaper cloumnist noted, he appeared in court 'looking fat, healthy and tanned, and cracking jokes.'"
> Col. Davis almost has me ready to shell out big bucks to be put on a war crimes list, so I too can gain weight, tan, and crack jokes!
>
> His article even has a sentimental title: "The Guantanomo I Know."
>
> By the time you finish his article, you want to know Guantanomo, too.
>
> -zwhere do we sign up? i haven't had a proper vacation for years.....pat
Posted by Sigismund on June 28, 2007, at 16:21:28
In reply to Re: Guantanomo is for lovers, posted by 1musketeer on June 28, 2007, at 15:29:46
The best beach in the world (I read) is just around the corner, and though I am weary of beaches, I'd like to visit Cuba on the way back from Bolivia.
Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on June 30, 2007, at 2:03:09
In reply to Re: Guantanomo is for lovers, posted by 1musketeer on June 28, 2007, at 15:29:46
> where do we sign up? i haven't had a proper vacation for years.....pat
Hey, Michael Moore shows that 'enemy combatants' at Guantanomo get free health care! Of course, citizens of the U.S. are not good enough for this.
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