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	<title>Comments on: Gen. Batiste: &#8216;Direct Link Between Haditha&#8217; and Rumsfeld&#8217;s &#8216;Bad Judgment&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Vernon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-602911</link>
		<dc:creator>Vernon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Part of the Nuremberg Decisions (one of the USA&#039;s finer contributions to International Law) is that aggressive war is the worst of all war crimes, because it makes all the others possible. Cheney, Bush &amp; Rumsfeld have committed high crimes by breaking international law. Impeachment is imperative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Part of the Nuremberg Decisions (one of the USA&#8217;s finer contributions to International Law) is that aggressive war is the worst of all war crimes, because it makes all the others possible. Cheney, Bush &amp; Rumsfeld have committed high crimes by breaking international law. Impeachment is imperative.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=602911', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: soso</title>
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		<dc:creator>soso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: coloneljimbo</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-598927</link>
		<dc:creator>coloneljimbo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MG Batiste is right. I served with him in Iraq from FEB 04 until FEB 05. He is a straight shooter. He is saying what we all wanted to say. We have no compunction about prosecuting a duly declared war on terror. Our issue is the way it is being prosecuted. If the Dems had any one who has served in the military in the last 30 years, they too would be yelling about Rumsfeld&#039;s inablility to prosecute a war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MG Batiste is right. I served with him in Iraq from FEB 04 until FEB 05. He is a straight shooter. He is saying what we all wanted to say. We have no compunction about prosecuting a duly declared war on terror. Our issue is the way it is being prosecuted. If the Dems had any one who has served in the military in the last 30 years, they too would be yelling about Rumsfeld&#8217;s inablility to prosecute a war.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=598927', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Solitaire</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-596321</link>
		<dc:creator>Solitaire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember when he first came out against Rumsfeld, his attitude was sort of quiet and bemused, almost like he was embarrassed to have to talk about it..  Lately, I can only call Gen. Batiste&#039;s manner as passionate and grave.  A much different delivery.  Perhaps he ran into the same barrier we all ran into when we tried to speak out.  Slander, accusations, bullying.  Now he&#039;s just like the rest of us, voices crying in the wilderness.  
Feels shitty.
Welcome to the club, General.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when he first came out against Rumsfeld, his attitude was sort of quiet and bemused, almost like he was embarrassed to have to talk about it..  Lately, I can only call Gen. Batiste&#8217;s manner as passionate and grave.  A much different delivery.  Perhaps he ran into the same barrier we all ran into when we tried to speak out.  Slander, accusations, bullying.  Now he&#8217;s just like the rest of us, voices crying in the wilderness.<br />
Feels shitty.<br />
Welcome to the club, General.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=596321', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Solitaire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Solitaire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember when her first came out against Rumsfeld, his attitude was sort of quiet and bemused, almost casual.  Lately, I can only call Gen. Batiste&#039;s manner as impassioned and grave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when her first came out against Rumsfeld, his attitude was sort of quiet and bemused, almost casual.  Lately, I can only call Gen. Batiste&#8217;s manner as impassioned and grave.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=596309', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Turnip Truck</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-595968</link>
		<dc:creator>Turnip Truck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s about time someone spoke out about the terrible judgment of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  I have long since thought the the Secretary was acting like an old man too set in his ways to understand the completities of running the current Department of Defense.  This is not like the period of the Cold War where enemies and lines were clearly drawn.  I first suspected Secretary Rumsfeld didn&#039;t know what he was doing when he decided to create a new lean military.  He obviously didn&#039;t take China into consideration when he made that decision.  Any Lt. Colonel who has studied at the Army War colllege should know that Chinese forces are not light, but are mobile and heavy.

If the United States were confronted by Chinese forces, we wouldn&#039;t stand much of a chance fighting toe to toe because of Rumsfeld stupid light mobile forces ideas.  Yes it is true that heavy equipment like tanks cost a lot more than a humvee, but a humvee doesn&#039;t take the same kind of punch which has been proven in Iraq.  In fact Iraq has proven that our tank techinology needs to be updated, not thrown away.  It is a proven fact the Air Power can be very effective against stationary forces and large formations, but at some point you must use brut forces light tank formations to stop the enemy.

The things I&#039;m talking about don&#039;t even take into consideration all of the mistakes the Defense Secretary has made as a leaders since taking office.  For example, some conservatives go around talking about a secret program the military had which had discovered the 9-11 hijackers.  Well my question is why didn&#039;t Rumsfeld of the Joint Chief Chairman Richard Myers know about it.  After all isn&#039;t it there job to know such things.  General Myers was not the right person for his job at that crucial time in our history.  Yes he had four stars, but he was too easily pushed into things by Rumsfeld that he knew where bad for our Armed Forces.  The problem with Generals like him is that they are too busy trying to climb the ladder and keep their jobs, that they forget to do their jobs.

As for Rummy, I&#039;m sure he is a nice old man, but that all he should be at this point.  Let him go about to private life and run what ever companies he wants to.  Our national defense is too important to have an incompetent old man running them at this point in time.  The President should give him the &quot;medal of freedom&quot; and a retirement ceremony, and a hardy handshake and just say goodbye.  What Rumsfeld doesn&#039;t understand or refuses to it that history will say that he was probably the worse Defense Secretary in the past 50 years if not in history.  The Iraq war will be left hanging around his neck like a lead weight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s about time someone spoke out about the terrible judgment of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  I have long since thought the the Secretary was acting like an old man too set in his ways to understand the completities of running the current Department of Defense.  This is not like the period of the Cold War where enemies and lines were clearly drawn.  I first suspected Secretary Rumsfeld didn&#8217;t know what he was doing when he decided to create a new lean military.  He obviously didn&#8217;t take China into consideration when he made that decision.  Any Lt. Colonel who has studied at the Army War colllege should know that Chinese forces are not light, but are mobile and heavy.</p>
<p>If the United States were confronted by Chinese forces, we wouldn&#8217;t stand much of a chance fighting toe to toe because of Rumsfeld stupid light mobile forces ideas.  Yes it is true that heavy equipment like tanks cost a lot more than a humvee, but a humvee doesn&#8217;t take the same kind of punch which has been proven in Iraq.  In fact Iraq has proven that our tank techinology needs to be updated, not thrown away.  It is a proven fact the Air Power can be very effective against stationary forces and large formations, but at some point you must use brut forces light tank formations to stop the enemy.</p>
<p>The things I&#8217;m talking about don&#8217;t even take into consideration all of the mistakes the Defense Secretary has made as a leaders since taking office.  For example, some conservatives go around talking about a secret program the military had which had discovered the 9-11 hijackers.  Well my question is why didn&#8217;t Rumsfeld of the Joint Chief Chairman Richard Myers know about it.  After all isn&#8217;t it there job to know such things.  General Myers was not the right person for his job at that crucial time in our history.  Yes he had four stars, but he was too easily pushed into things by Rumsfeld that he knew where bad for our Armed Forces.  The problem with Generals like him is that they are too busy trying to climb the ladder and keep their jobs, that they forget to do their jobs.</p>
<p>As for Rummy, I&#8217;m sure he is a nice old man, but that all he should be at this point.  Let him go about to private life and run what ever companies he wants to.  Our national defense is too important to have an incompetent old man running them at this point in time.  The President should give him the &#8220;medal of freedom&#8221; and a retirement ceremony, and a hardy handshake and just say goodbye.  What Rumsfeld doesn&#8217;t understand or refuses to it that history will say that he was probably the worse Defense Secretary in the past 50 years if not in history.  The Iraq war will be left hanging around his neck like a lead weight.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595968', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Turnip Truck</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-595967</link>
		<dc:creator>Turnip Truck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s about time someone spoke out about the terrible judgment of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  I have long since thought the the Secretary was acting like an old man too set in his ways to understand the completities of running the current Department of Defense.  This is not like the period of the Cold War where enemies and lines were clearly drawn.  I first suspected Secretary Rumsfeld didn&#039;t know what he was doing when he decided to create a new lean military.  He obviously didn&#039;t take China into consideration when he made that decision.  Any Lt. Colonel who has studied at the Army War colllege should know that Chinese forces are not light, but are mobile and heavy.

If the United States were confronted by Chinese forces, we wouldn&#039;t stand much of a chance fighting toe to toe because of Rumsfeld stupid light mobile forces ideas.  Yes it is true that heavy equipment like tanks cost a lot more than a humvee, but a humvee doesn&#039;t take the same kind of punch which has been proven in Iraq.  In fact Iraq has proven that our tank techinology needs to be updated, not thrown away.  It is a proven fact the Air Power can be very effective against stationary forces and large formations, but at some point you must use brut forces light tank formations to stop the enemy.

The things I&#039;m talking about don&#039;t even take into consideration all of the mistakes the Defense Secretary has made as a leaders since taking office.  For example, some conservatives go around talking about a secret program the military had which had discovered the 9-11 hijackers.  Well my question is why didn&#039;t Rumsfeld of the Joint Chief Chairman Richard Myers know about it.  After all isn&#039;t it there job to know such things.  General Myers was not the right person for his job at that crucial time in our history.  Yes he had four stars, but he was too easily pushed into things by Rumsfeld that he knew where bad for our Armed Forces.  The problem with Generals like him is that they are too busy trying to climb the ladder and keep their jobs, that they forget to do their jobs.

As for Rummy, I&#039;m sure he is a nice old man, but that all he should be at this point.  Let him go about to private life and run what ever companies he wants to.  Our national defense is too important to have an incompetent old man running them at this point in time.  The President should give him the &quot;medal of freedom&quot; and a retirement ceremony, and a hardy handshake and just say goodbye.  What Rumsfeld doesn&#039;t understand or refuses to it that history will say that he was probably the worse Defense Secretary in the past 50 years if not in history.  The Iraq war will be left hanging around his neck like a lead weight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s about time someone spoke out about the terrible judgment of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  I have long since thought the the Secretary was acting like an old man too set in his ways to understand the completities of running the current Department of Defense.  This is not like the period of the Cold War where enemies and lines were clearly drawn.  I first suspected Secretary Rumsfeld didn&#8217;t know what he was doing when he decided to create a new lean military.  He obviously didn&#8217;t take China into consideration when he made that decision.  Any Lt. Colonel who has studied at the Army War colllege should know that Chinese forces are not light, but are mobile and heavy.</p>
<p>If the United States were confronted by Chinese forces, we wouldn&#8217;t stand much of a chance fighting toe to toe because of Rumsfeld stupid light mobile forces ideas.  Yes it is true that heavy equipment like tanks cost a lot more than a humvee, but a humvee doesn&#8217;t take the same kind of punch which has been proven in Iraq.  In fact Iraq has proven that our tank techinology needs to be updated, not thrown away.  It is a proven fact the Air Power can be very effective against stationary forces and large formations, but at some point you must use brut forces light tank formations to stop the enemy.</p>
<p>The things I&#8217;m talking about don&#8217;t even take into consideration all of the mistakes the Defense Secretary has made as a leaders since taking office.  For example, some conservatives go around talking about a secret program the military had which had discovered the 9-11 hijackers.  Well my question is why didn&#8217;t Rumsfeld of the Joint Chief Chairman Richard Myers know about it.  After all isn&#8217;t it there job to know such things.  General Myers was not the right person for his job at that crucial time in our history.  Yes he had four stars, but he was too easily pushed into things by Rumsfeld that he knew where bad for our Armed Forces.  The problem with Generals like him is that they are too busy trying to climb the ladder and keep their jobs, that they forget to do their jobs.</p>
<p>As for Rummy, I&#8217;m sure he is a nice old man, but that all he should be at this point.  Let him go about to private life and run what ever companies he wants to.  Our national defense is too important to have an incompetent old man running them at this point in time.  The President should give him the &#8220;medal of freedom&#8221; and a retirement ceremony, and a hardy handshake and just say goodbye.  What Rumsfeld doesn&#8217;t understand or refuses to it that history will say that he was probably the worse Defense Secretary in the past 50 years if not in history.  The Iraq war will be left hanging around his neck like a lead weight.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595967', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
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		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m really glad &lt;strong&gt;General Batiste &lt;/strong&gt;is out there and like &lt;strong&gt;Biden keeping Rummy&#039;s feet to the fire&lt;/strong&gt;...

...&lt;strong&gt;history&lt;/strong&gt; will be the &lt;strong&gt;final arbiter&lt;/strong&gt;, and I&#039;d be willing to bet that &lt;strong&gt;Bushiva&#039;s intransigence&lt;/strong&gt;- in &lt;strong&gt;not firing Rummy &lt;/strong&gt;even though experts all agree Rummy should go- &lt;strong&gt;will cost him &lt;/strong&gt;his precious legacy... 

...&lt;strong&gt;civil war &lt;/strong&gt;in &lt;strong&gt;Iraq&lt;/strong&gt; has already &lt;strong&gt;begun&lt;/strong&gt;, and there &lt;strong&gt;aren&#039;t enough American troops to solve it&lt;/strong&gt;...

...in fact, &lt;strong&gt;Haditha&lt;/strong&gt; probably &lt;strong&gt;ensures&lt;/strong&gt; that &lt;strong&gt;attacks&lt;/strong&gt; against them &lt;strong&gt;will be stepped up&lt;/strong&gt;...

...but the &lt;strong&gt;TREASONOUS&lt;/strong&gt; right wing inbred Bushites like &lt;strong&gt;Michelle Malkin, Fox media propaganda who*es like Neil Cavityho &lt;/strong&gt;(sic), and those on the right wing blog Captain&#039;s Quarters continue to &lt;strong&gt;vilify heroes &lt;/strong&gt;like Congressman &lt;strong&gt;Murtha&lt;/strong&gt; and General &lt;strong&gt;Batiste&lt;/strong&gt;...

...&lt;strong&gt;in deference to &lt;/strong&gt;the cowardly &lt;strong&gt;deserter Bushiva &lt;/strong&gt;and his &lt;strong&gt;deferment king L&#039;il Dick&lt;/strong&gt;...

...&lt;strong&gt;no wonder Iran wants nukes&lt;/strong&gt;...

...ONLY in &lt;strong&gt;Bushite America&lt;/strong&gt;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m really glad <strong>General Batiste </strong>is out there and like <strong>Biden keeping Rummy&#8217;s feet to the fire</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>history</strong> will be the <strong>final arbiter</strong>, and I&#8217;d be willing to bet that <strong>Bushiva&#8217;s intransigence</strong>- in <strong>not firing Rummy </strong>even though experts all agree Rummy should go- <strong>will cost him </strong>his precious legacy&#8230; </p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>civil war </strong>in <strong>Iraq</strong> has already <strong>begun</strong>, and there <strong>aren&#8217;t enough American troops to solve it</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;in fact, <strong>Haditha</strong> probably <strong>ensures</strong> that <strong>attacks</strong> against them <strong>will be stepped up</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;but the <strong>TREASONOUS</strong> right wing inbred Bushites like <strong>Michelle Malkin, Fox media propaganda who*es like Neil Cavityho </strong>(sic), and those on the right wing blog Captain&#8217;s Quarters continue to <strong>vilify heroes </strong>like Congressman <strong>Murtha</strong> and General <strong>Batiste</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>in deference to </strong>the cowardly <strong>deserter Bushiva </strong>and his <strong>deferment king L&#8217;il Dick</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>no wonder Iran wants nukes</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;ONLY in <strong>Bushite America</strong>&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595841', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Who the f*ck cares? 
Comment by DieNowForPeace â€” June 5, 2006 @ 10:42 am &lt;/em&gt;

No one.  Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Who the f*ck cares?<br />
Comment by DieNowForPeace â€” June 5, 2006 @ 10:42 am </em></p>
<p>No one.  Thank you.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595599', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;And no one should be listening to you. 
Comment by memphis minnie â€” June 5, 2006 @ 11:09 am &lt;/em&gt;

Why are you a two star General with more experience?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>And no one should be listening to you.<br />
Comment by memphis minnie â€” June 5, 2006 @ 11:09 am </em></p>
<p>Why are you a two star General with more experience?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595593', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: memphis minnie</title>
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		<dc:creator>memphis minnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gen. Batiste:
&lt;em&gt;&quot;I was a one-star general, and believe me, no one was going to listen me.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;

And no one should be listening to you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gen. Batiste:<br />
<em>&#8220;I was a one-star general, and believe me, no one was going to listen me.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>And no one should be listening to you.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595575', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: former army</title>
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		<dc:creator>former army</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rumsfeld once said during the controversy over the soldiers lacking body armor &quot;You go to war with the army you have.&quot;  We did and look what it has achieved for the United States.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rumsfeld once said during the controversy over the soldiers lacking body armor &#8220;You go to war with the army you have.&#8221;  We did and look what it has achieved for the United States.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595207', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jurassicpork</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-595183</link>
		<dc:creator>jurassicpork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com/2006/06/paul-krugman-shameless-in-senate.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paul Krugman&lt;/a&gt; on the Senate almost passing that estate tax repeal: â€œIn the interest of stiffening those spines, let me remind senators that this isn&#039;t just a fiscal issue, it&#039;s also a moral issue. Congress has already declared that the budget deficit is serious enough to warrant depriving children of health care; how can it now say that it&#039;s worth enlarging the deficit to give Paris Hilton a tax break?â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com/2006/06/paul-krugman-shameless-in-senate.html" rel="nofollow">Paul Krugman</a> on the Senate almost passing that estate tax repeal: â€œIn the interest of stiffening those spines, let me remind senators that this isn&#8217;t just a fiscal issue, it&#8217;s also a moral issue. Congress has already declared that the budget deficit is serious enough to warrant depriving children of health care; how can it now say that it&#8217;s worth enlarging the deficit to give Paris Hilton a tax break?â€<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595183', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Frank</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-595104</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anvilhead,did you serve with the Power Rangers Playground Platoon? The way you talk, makes one think the closet you ever came to seeing any action, was when you bumped your head falling off your Combat Tricycle(with training wheels)! Do everyone a favor and slither back into your George Bush Tree-House !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anvilhead,did you serve with the Power Rangers Playground Platoon? The way you talk, makes one think the closet you ever came to seeing any action, was when you bumped your head falling off your Combat Tricycle(with training wheels)! Do everyone a favor and slither back into your George Bush Tree-House !<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=595104', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-594926</link>
		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Remember this news a year ago ????&lt;/strong&gt;

&#039;Arrest threat&#039; to Rumsfeld trip
The US defence secretary has said he is considering whether to attend a conference in Germany, where he may face arrest for war crimes. 
Donald Rumsfeld is due to attend a gathering of high-level defence officials and experts next week. 

But he says he has not yet decided whether or not to attend the conference in the German city of Munich. 

US lawyers representing Iraqis who say they were abused in US custody have filed a complaint with a German court. 

&#039;War crimes&#039; 

&quot;It&#039;s certainly an issue. It&#039;s something that we have to take into consideration,&quot; Mr Rumsfeld said on Thursday. 

&quot;Whether I&#039;ll end up there, we&#039;ll soon know. It&#039;ll be a week and we&#039;ll find out.&quot; 

There is no mention of Mr Rumsfeld&#039;s attendance on the website for the conference, which runs from 11-13 February. 

In a suit filed with German federal prosecutors, the New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights accuses Mr Rumsfeld of war crimes linked to the alleged abuse of detainees at Iraq&#039;s Abu Ghraib detention centre. 

US investigations into the abuse scandal have concluded that he was not directly responsible. 

The complaint was filed in Germany as its laws allow war crimes and human rights violations to be prosecuted across international boundaries. 

The prosecutor&#039;s office has not taken any action on the complaint, filed last November. 

The conference has not always been a welcome event for Mr Rumsfeld - in 2003, German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, publicly challenged Mr Rumsfeld&#039;s justifications for possible military action over Iraq, precipitating a deterioration in relations between the two nations.

HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY SOON AS THE EVIDENCE MOUNTS UP AGAINST RUMFELD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Remember this news a year ago ????</strong></p>
<p>&#8216;Arrest threat&#8217; to Rumsfeld trip<br />
The US defence secretary has said he is considering whether to attend a conference in Germany, where he may face arrest for war crimes.<br />
Donald Rumsfeld is due to attend a gathering of high-level defence officials and experts next week. </p>
<p>But he says he has not yet decided whether or not to attend the conference in the German city of Munich. </p>
<p>US lawyers representing Iraqis who say they were abused in US custody have filed a complaint with a German court. </p>
<p>&#8216;War crimes&#8217; </p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s certainly an issue. It&#8217;s something that we have to take into consideration,&#8221; Mr Rumsfeld said on Thursday. </p>
<p>&#8220;Whether I&#8217;ll end up there, we&#8217;ll soon know. It&#8217;ll be a week and we&#8217;ll find out.&#8221; </p>
<p>There is no mention of Mr Rumsfeld&#8217;s attendance on the website for the conference, which runs from 11-13 February. </p>
<p>In a suit filed with German federal prosecutors, the New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights accuses Mr Rumsfeld of war crimes linked to the alleged abuse of detainees at Iraq&#8217;s Abu Ghraib detention centre. </p>
<p>US investigations into the abuse scandal have concluded that he was not directly responsible. </p>
<p>The complaint was filed in Germany as its laws allow war crimes and human rights violations to be prosecuted across international boundaries. </p>
<p>The prosecutor&#8217;s office has not taken any action on the complaint, filed last November. </p>
<p>The conference has not always been a welcome event for Mr Rumsfeld &#8211; in 2003, German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, publicly challenged Mr Rumsfeld&#8217;s justifications for possible military action over Iraq, precipitating a deterioration in relations between the two nations.</p>
<p>HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY SOON AS THE EVIDENCE MOUNTS UP AGAINST RUMFELD<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594926', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JP</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/04/batiste-haditha/comment-page-1/#comment-594806</link>
		<dc:creator>JP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rummy IS a national disgrace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rummy IS a national disgrace.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594806', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: This is a real dumb country</title>
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		<dc:creator>This is a real dumb country</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don Rumsfield should be tried for war crimes.  The long suffering Iraqi people deserve to see him brought to justice right along side of his old buddy Saddam.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Rumsfield should be tried for war crimes.  The long suffering Iraqi people deserve to see him brought to justice right along side of his old buddy Saddam.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594794', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Briseadh na Faire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Briseadh na Faire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A draft won&#039;t matter if Bush nukes Iran.

Neither will global warming.

Nor &quot;protecting marriage,&quot; &quot;illegal immigration,&quot; &quot;banning abortion,&quot; etc., etc., etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A draft won&#8217;t matter if Bush nukes Iran.</p>
<p>Neither will global warming.</p>
<p>Nor &#8220;protecting marriage,&#8221; &#8220;illegal immigration,&#8221; &#8220;banning abortion,&#8221; etc., etc., etc.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594702', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lily</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Expect an initial draft of everyone between the ages of 18 and 42

Comment by Jay Randal&lt;/em&gt;

Since 14 year olds are now considered old enough to pay income tax, they&#039;re probably considered old enough to be drafted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Expect an initial draft of everyone between the ages of 18 and 42</p>
<p>Comment by Jay Randal</em></p>
<p>Since 14 year olds are now considered old enough to pay income tax, they&#8217;re probably considered old enough to be drafted.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594667', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Progressaurus Rex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Progressaurus Rex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>worfeus-
anilingushead has been a bomb-thrower at tp for a while now. that&#039;s not sarcasm, that&#039;s pure, unadulterated koolaid-drinker backwash.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>worfeus-<br />
anilingushead has been a bomb-thrower at tp for a while now. that&#8217;s not sarcasm, that&#8217;s pure, unadulterated koolaid-drinker backwash.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=594657', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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