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Originally Posted by Kadath
I am honestly impressed with the way you have given the status of victim to Rumsfeld rather than the families of the dead. It was deftly done.
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I'm impressed by your ability to twist my words into a completely different meaning. Good job.
I was highlighting the hypocrisy of attacking Rumsfeld for something that may have been (and probably was) standard procedure for decades, or even centuries. Where were the protests about this during the first gulf war? Or Bosnia? Or during the bombings in Libanon?
I get the feeling some people see this absence of a personal signature as a sign Rumsfeld doesn't care about those that died. As if a signature proves empathy.
Isn't it enough that he promised to sign the letters from now on? No, of course it's not - Rumsfeld represents everything bad the Bush administration has done; he represents the unpopular war in Iraq; he represents everything that's gone wrong over the past years. This signature thing is just another excuse to attack him, and with him, everything he stands for.