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Iraq Capturing bin Laden was “our number one priority.” ~ President Bush September 2001 “I don’t know where he [Bin Laden] is. I have no idea and I really don’t care. It’s not that important.”~ President Bush March 2002 "It could last six days, six weeks, I doubt six months." Donald Rumsfeld Secretary for Defense Feb. 7, 2003, (a month before the war began) http://www.usatoday.com/educate/war28-article.htm "The Americans "would be welcomed," as happened in Afghanistan, where people in the streets were "playing music, cheering, flying kites." ~ Donald Rumsfeld on PBS Feb. 20, 2003 "Never said that. Never did... . You're thinking of somebody else." ~ Donald Rumsfeld (His reply 7 months later when a journalist asked him about his PBS remarks) http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0346/031112_news_mossback.php "I think it will go relatively quickly... weeks rather than months." ~ Vice-President Cheney March 16, 2003 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/ "The war could cost roughly $60 billion" ~ Bush budget official Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. March 2003 (The current cost is > $208 billion.) Colin Powell promised proof that Osama bin Laden was responsible for Sept. 11, within 72 hours after the event. None was given. "Parents say they don't want to send their son or daughter off into danger. There's a lot of misconceptions about Iraq. Frankly, percentage-wise you face more of a risk driving on the freeways out here."~ Tim Waud, Army Recruiter in California http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_army_062005,00.html "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." ~ Hermann Goering http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.htm
"To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place...Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment." ~Geneva Convention on Treatment of POWs Article 3 http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm "Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy.. .Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war." ~ Geneva Convention on Treatment of POWs Article 4 A http:/www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm "Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal." ~ Geneva Convention on Treatment of POWs Article 5 http:/www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm "No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to any unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind." ~ Geneva Convention on Treatment of POWs Article 17 http:/www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm Prisoners of war shall be allowed to send and receive letters and cards. ~ ~ Geneva Convention on Treatment of POWs Article 71 http:/www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm
"In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." ~ Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4989481/ " Ultimately what was developed at Gitmo was a "72-point matrix for stress and duress," which laid out types of coercion and the escalating levels at which they could be applied. These included the use of harsh heat or cold; —withholding food; hooding for days at a time; naked isolation in cold, dark cells for more than 30 days, and threatening (but not biting) by dogs. It also permitted limited use of "stress positions" designed to subject detainees to rising levels of pain." http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4989481/
"War is a racket." ~ Major General Smedley Butler, Philadelphian http://lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm
"What's the difference between Vietnam & Iraq? Bush knew how to get out of Vietnam!" |