Military newspaper blames Rumsfeld, Myers for "professional negligence"

[johnnie]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A leading military newspaper said that US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld set the tone for the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq by refusing to give captives rights due prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.

The editorial said the soldiers caught in photographs and videos abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison are referred to around the Pentagon as "the six morons who lost the war."

"But the folks in the Pentagon are talking about the wrong morons," it said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&u=/afp/20040510/wl_afp/iraq_us_rumsfeld_040510150001&printer=1


Interesting, to say the least.

[rawstory]

1. dupe

dupe.

[goclark]

2. That's the truth n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. Donald Rumsfeld set the tone Bush wanted him to.

That's the truth.

[maddezmom]

4. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=543010&mesg_id=543010

[Jacobin]

5. "negligence"? I call bullshit on that

It was all intentional, except letting the pics out.

[lovedems]

6. Ok, so using Rummy's own words, if he thought he could no longer

command, he would resign. Well, he has lost all support and credibility with the military so if he is a man of his word, his resignation should be forthcoming very soon. I think within the week, he will be gone.

[Just Me]

7. "Professional negligence" is soft for "high crimes and misdemeanors".

But, hey,...it's a military newspaper!!!! And, it's a start,...which is all we need to take these neocons down!!!

[johnnie]

8. sorry for the dupe n/t