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Originally posted by analog
If it's true that this IS the first he's hearing of it- which I don't believe and preemptively call FLAMING BULLSHIT on- then there is no "blame" being "pushed" onto Rumsfeld.
It is his job to inform the President of such things, and I think these types of activities in his (the U.S.'s) military would be pretty high on the "list of things to tell the Prez".
I think it's only a matter of time before we find out he knew perfectly well all along- meanwhile, he's been lying about NOT knowing. Makes no sense otherwise.
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I was trying to be as non-partisan as I could with my response earlier. Basically, I see the situation as this: Either Bush was informed of the abuses and said nothing hoping it would never come to public light or he has no control over his staff and they act on their own. I'm not sure which bothers me more.
And their reasoning for not putting a stop to it when they first found out? Please. Allow me to paraphrase, "We knew it was going on and we were so disgusted with it we chose to allow it to continue so they wouldn't know we were investigating it."
