White House: Rumsfeld should not resign

[Cocoa]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040505/pl_afp/us_iraq_prisoners_bush_040505145431

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web
sites) "absolutely" still has faith in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
and does not believe he should resign, White House spokesman Scott
McClellan said.

Asked whether the president thought
Rumsfeld should quit in the wake of the
scandal over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by
US troops, McClellan curtly replied: "No."

Asked whether Bush still had faith in his
defense secretary, McClellan replied:
"Absolutely."

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[wysimdnwyg]

1. Well, HELL!

Did anyone expect anything different? Bush still has "faith" in Tenet, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz, why should he give up on Rummy?

[Just Me]

4. Yup, cause they are co-conspirators in all their cover-ups!!! n/t

[webtrainer]

2. the *flop* will ultimately flip . . .

on Rummy, I predict

[Terran]

5. And soon. (nt)

[The Magistrate]

3. Sounds Like The Kiss Of Death To Me, Sir

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[AussieInCA]

6. "Faith based goverment" got to love it

blind faith in incompetent leadership is what it really is.

[Kadie]

7. No, He Should Be FIRED!

there is no way he is going to resign, he is enjoying what he is doing too much.

[54anickel]

8. Nah, he should be charged and tried for dereliction of duty.

[Just Me]

10. They ALL should be charged for covering this up,...

,...along with covering up the REAL intentions concerning the Iraq war and covering up the energy policy "team" and covering up the medicare cost and so on and so forth ad nauseum!!!

On edit - John Dean is spot on: THESE PEOPLE DO SHIT THAT IS FAR WORSE THAN WATERGATE!!!!!

[BeHereNow]

12. It's mind-numbing isn't it?

The list just gets longer and longer-
the OUTRAGEOUS things the Cabal has
done and continues doing on a daily basis.
All the while taking no responsibility and insisting
their actions are in our best interest...
There are no words to describe the situation.
BHN

[Kadie]

11. I agree.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Rummy, Easter Bunny...

Faith-based.

[Blasphemer]

13. They won't get rid of anyone..

The ship will sink with all of the original crew in place.

[Point_n_click]

14. Personal responsibility/accountability, buck stops here, etc.

I just called my senator's office and asked that she demand the pResident's resignation. Since he won't take responsibilty, won't stand up for accountability, and is brushing aside the buck when it comes his way then unless he fires someone, he should resign.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Surprise, surprise surprsie

this is the accontabilty administration, the further down the totem pole you are, the more accountable yuo are.

The SecDef is trusted, but boy god help you if you are a buck private!

[robbedvoter]

16. Why should he? It's Clinton's fault! Let Clinton resign, damn it!

When are you liberals gonna learn?

[AdrianInOcala]

17. Sounds like one of those

"Votes of confidence" given by the owner of a sports team for the coach.....Right before they fire his a$$.

[lebkuchen]

18. Rumsfeld should be fired if he doesn't offer his resignation

US torture of prisoners/detainees began in the public forum with John Walker Lindh. The written obscenity over his blindfold, his nudity, the Special Forces posing with their "souvenir" for photos were standard operation procedure from the get-go, and Rumsfeld's knowledge of all this but refusal to do anything about it because he was too busy to check on a "rumor" gave a carte blanche to our military to continue the behavior. And they did. Now the 1AD is extended beyond its 12 months because Rumsfeld's cavalier attitude toward security have pissed off the entire Muslim world.

http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2002/04/13/story46355.asp

...as part of a written court filing, Lindh’s lawyers last month released a picture of him in Afghanistan, blindfolded, strapped to a stretcher and naked. Defence officials have said that while that photo may have appeared shocking, it was taken out of context because he was naked as part of his preparation for medical treatment.

In the newly-revealed incident, Lindh has an obscene, derogatory word written across his blindfold, a senior defence official said.

The Pentagon has repeatedly limited the media in the kind of photos it can take of prisoners from the war in Afghanistan on the argument that photos subjecting the prisoners to humiliation violate Geneva Convention provisions on treatment of prisoners.

The photos troops took of themselves with their prisoner were found when the Pentagon did a computer search for documents and other materials ordered by the court hearing charges against Lindh, another official said.

Existence of the photos were first reported on CBS Evening News, a television programme.

Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said he did not know if the photos were being held at the Pentagon and that he hadn’t seen them.

‘‘You know, there’s hundreds of detainees, and about every day somebody says something,’’ he said in response to reporter’s questions.

‘‘I guess if you ask me when I got up in the morning - and we’ve got people being killed in the Mideast and we’ve got a war going on in Afghanistan - if I am going to change my schedule and go chasing after rumours on things like that, it’s unlikely,’’ he said in impromptu comments in a Pentagon hallway.

[Just Me]

20. He should be convicted!!! n/t

[central scrutinizer]

22. you're right except

that will result in Bush being sanitized. The press will say - "see, he is a great leader who makes tough decisions." I don't want anybody to fall on their sword to protect the boy king. Let the buck travel all the way to Oval Office on this one. And it should. He and the rest of this maladministration spent years building up hate against Arabs and Muslims through lies and innuendo. He demonized them and used words like "evil" to describe them and suck up to his fundie base. They constantly linked Iraq to 9/11 and urged revenge against the "terrorists". Of course, they were abetted by the somnolent American media who dutifully parrotted every lie and innuendo. How else do you explain that a solid majority of Americans believe that Iraq was linked to 9/11 and that WMD have been found? This is on * and the rest of his criminal cohorts. They goaded basically good people into committing atrocities. Since * obviously have no conscience or sense of responsibility, we can expect his criminal conspiracy to round up a few scapegoats to take the fall. And he will probably get away with it since the corporate media can be relied upon to quietly let it drop. And don't get me started on the use of mercenaries and "contractors" to mask the horrible lack of planning for post-Saddam Iraq.

[0007]

19. I say Rumsfeld should step aside for Orlando Borsch

Orlando Borsch is junior's type of man just poopy or his daddy!

I see someone has been taken down all the nasty wetsites about this terroris, Orlando Borsch. All the information about the Cuban airliner this schmuck bombed and all his other nasty deeds.

Gee the next thing 'ya know they have Kissinger listed as a saint.

[damnraddem]

21. No, they don't want him to resign. Look at what's happened with ...

those who've resigned from this misadministration. And in Rummy's case, he might cut a deal with the prosecution.

[cliss]

23. Oh, so that's why none of them get fired.

I've been wondering that for about 3 years. It seems that no matter how incompetent or negligent they are, they still have their jobs.

So they're afraid of what they might say.....

[Dulcinea]

24. He's loyal to the Bush clan.

That's all they require. So I doubt he's going anywhere.

But, in the unlikely event Rummy is forced to step down, it'll be Friday.

[maddezmom]

25. Rummy should be fired, but one person who is getting a pass is Tenet

where is he? Still waiting for that shoe to drop.....

[Aunt Anti-bush]

26. I'd venture to say...

If Bush would encourage Rumsfeld's resignation, Rumsfeld has a folder about 10 feet tall with information that would come out and Bush would be finished. That's why I think Bush wont pass the buck to Rummy, anyway.