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my take on things

May 11, 2004
I�ve read about the prisoner abuse that went on in Iraq. It�s deplorable but it�s an example of how the United States of America is the greatest republic on Earth. We are appalled and disturbed by what happened, it disgusts us, this is not our normative behavior.

Who else would investigate this? Who else would have a government where the military leaders would present them to the Senate, capitulate to the investigation of their actions and welcome it? Where else can the press freely criticize the government?

For those of you who think Bush or Rumsfeld ordered this? You�re nuttier than the people who abused the prisoners. As for the �reciprocal� killings by Al Qaida: they�d kill an American for being an American. They�re saying that killed that poor guy because of what our soldiers did. They did that because they hate us. They�re just trying to scare us and manipulate our fear.

By the way � thanks for playing into it.

And, yeah, if I saw Rummy on the street I would kiss him on the mouth.

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