President Clinton wrote Abu Ghraib interrogator.
President Clinton wrote Abu Ghraib interrogator.
Newsweek profiles Eric Fair, who “confessed in a February Washington Post opinion piece to abusing a prisoner while serving as a civilian interrogator in Iraq in 2004.”
Fair told NEWSWEEK he had hoped the mea culpa would encourage other interrogators to talk openly about torture. Instead, it ruined friendships and prompted death threats. “I didn’t anticipate how palpable the hatred would be,” the 35-year-old former GI said from his home in Bethlehem, Pa. Readers accused him of undermining troop morale, even of engaging in treason. [...]
Still, for every hostile letter writer, two expressed support — including interrogators who said they wished they could tell their own stories. … One handwritten letter stood out. It encouraged Fair to continue talking publicly about Iraq and about the abuse of prisoners. The letter was signed by former president Bill Clinton.
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This guy sleeps with a rope tied in a hangman’s knot next to his bed.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:56 pmHe may have done some evil shit, but his karma is a bitch.
Speak out, often and forcefully, and give yourself a break, dude.
“it ruined friendships and prompted death threats. “I didn’t anticipate how palpable the hatred would be,â€
Suck it up and be a man,
fukcing cry-baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
June 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pm“Readers accused him of undermining troop morale, even of engaging in treason.”
That’s because we republicans are out of our freaking minds. If you libs would just bend over and accept U.S. fascism then everything would be just fine.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pmThat’s because we republicans are out of our freaking minds. If you libs would just bend over and accept U.S. fascism then everything would be just fine.
Comment by Patrick1 — June 11, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
I concur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
June 11th, 2007 at 11:07 pmSorry, I dont have any sympathy for people who torture people.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:08 pmReich-wingers making death threats….go figure.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:09 pmBill Clinton really messed up during the Monica thing, but he’s really turned into quite the class act.
Eric Fair — Since leaving Abu Ghraib, you’ve done the right thing. Don’t stop speaking out.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:10 pmNice of Clinton to write him a letter, but Bill golfs with Bush Senior so Bill could tell him to force Bush Junior to stop the abuse and torture.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:12 pmBubba has a chubby for U Zooey :=] Heh
June 11th, 2007 at 11:12 pmBubba has a chubby for U Zooey :=] Heh
Comment by Flaco
And clearly you get a chubby talking about it. You type well w/ one hand, Flaco…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:17 pmZooey knows how to work Bubba’s pole so he would come back for more….
June 11th, 2007 at 11:18 pmZooey knows how to work Bubba’s pole so he would come back for more….
Comment by Flaco
Something you would never know about, and never will — for your entire lifetime, limpdick.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:25 pmSomething you would never know about, and never will — for your entire lifetime, limpdick.
Comment by Zooey
Actually, Zooey, Flaco knows waaaaayyyy toooooo much about working someone’s pole. It sounds like that’s all he really knows anything about.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:27 pmActually, Zooey, Flaco knows waaaaayyyy toooooo much about working someone’s pole. It sounds like that’s all he really knows anything about.
Comment by The republic of Stupidity
I meant with a woman…. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:30 pmNice of Clinton to write him a letter, but Bill golfs with Bush Senior so Bill could tell him to force Bush Junior to stop the abuse and torture.
Comment by Jay Randal
if I’m not mistaken, Jay, Jr, told Pops to stay out of quite some time ago. Remember when Sr broke down crying in public? It was kind of touching until you realize what Sr was really upset about was the fact that Jr had ruined any chance of Jeb ever getting near the WH, other than as a tourist. One good thing about jr, as far as the Bush “family” goes. Jr’s so bad that no one ever talks about Prescott’s involvement w/ the Nazis.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:33 pmZooey knows how to work Bubba’s pole so he would come back for more….
Comment by Flaco — June 11, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
Zooey knows how to work Bubba’s pole so he would come back for more….
Comment by Flaco
Something you would never know about, and never will — for your entire lifetime, limpdick.
Comment by Zooey —
Zooey your are suppose to say it would be doing your civic duty to help the greatest & horniest President of your liftime
June 11th, 2007 at 11:38 pmZooey u gay now?
June 11th, 2007 at 11:39 pmCome on out.
Flack U Fucco!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:43 pmWhere are those one line zingers you copy & paste
June 11th, 2007 at 11:43 pmYou need some new ones by now.
Flaco > how old are you? Around 18 to 20? Karl Rove must hire college Republicans to come onto TP now.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:56 pmBut, but Clinton actually did it!
June 12th, 2007 at 12:01 amAnd the trolls, haven’t picked up on that yet?
Zooey u gay now?
Come on out.
Comment by Flaco
Go rent some porn, limpdick. It’s the best you’ll ever do.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:02 amFlaco > how old are you? Around 18 to 20? Karl Rove must hire college Republicans to come onto TP now.
Comment by Jay Randal
Are you talking age or IQ, Jay? Either way, you’re being generous.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:03 amthe last handwritten letter bush wrote said “I think I may need a bathroom break, is this possible?”
June 12th, 2007 at 12:05 amComment by Flaco — Quieres callarte la pinche boca!? Chucha de tu madre!
June 12th, 2007 at 12:06 amComment by The republic of Stupidity — June 11, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
Well, I had to step around the trollshite to find your post, but it was worth it. I agree that Jr would pay no more attention to his father than he does to any of us. I remember that speech when GHWB broke down speaking about the political attacks on Jeb during some campaign. I also thought at the time that he was crying for what would never be, because Dubya had ruined any chance of Jeb becoming President.
Hi, Zooey!
June 12th, 2007 at 12:08 amHi, Jane!
Bye, Jane!
I’m outta here for the night. Catch you another time!
June 12th, 2007 at 12:12 amNice of Clinton to write him a letter, but Bill golfs with Bush Senior so Bill could tell him to force Bush Junior to stop the abuse and torture.
Comment by Jay Randal
I’m not sure that Daddy and Son are on very good terms.
Remember, Daddy Bush, Powell and Schwarzkopf, were smart enough to NOT invade Iraq.
It’s amazing that Bush Jr. has actually managed to make his Dad, almost look like a good guy, by comparison.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:16 amThe republic of Stupidity > yes I am being generous with Flaco, because he could be 16 to 18, and in High School, but Rove could get busted for hiring underage guys to troll the blogs.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:17 am‘Night, Zooey! BTW, Wayne posted something new on his blog.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:17 amJeez…. lets stop feeding the trolls already.
It’s pointless.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:18 amjuvenile at best.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:45 amJPV > Bush Senior is neglecting his duty as a father. If he does not believe in what his son is doing, then he must go to the White House and slap the snot out of Junior. I know Senior is in his 80s now, but Junior is a sissy boy, so Senior could knock his block off.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:00 amHi Jane, I just commented on Wayne’s blog… nice to see some action on it! Sounds like you had fun.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:43 amNighty night, Flaco, don’t forget to put out the light…
Eric Fair –
Your man card has been officially pulled. Man-up Dude. Where in a war here and can’t afford to lose. Is it important to you that you’re liked by the enemy? Wake up.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:46 am“Bill Clinton really messed up during the Monica thing, but he’s really turned into quite the class act. ”
June 12th, 2007 at 6:08 amNo he didn’t. Things were made bigger than it had to (pun intended) but it was really a non-story.
Brad – There used to be something that made us different from the terrorist and other rogue nations. It’s called morals and liberty.
When you start acting just like them your all the same.
You’re a coward Brad.
I always wondered how Germany followed Hitler. I look a t people like you and I completely understand.
June 12th, 2007 at 7:44 am“We’re in a war here and can’t afford to lose”
beeeep beeeep beeeep
We interrupt this right-wing talking point for a test of the War Recognition System. This is only a test. If this were an actual war, you would be instructed to read Congress’ formal declaration and take appropriate action.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled propaganda.
“fight ‘em there so we don’t fight ‘em here”
June 12th, 2007 at 8:15 amAmerica has no more right abusing Iraq civilians (militants or not) than the Iraqis do my daughter.. or you mom… or your neighbors dad.
Iraqis did not attack us … we attacked them… and so our actions are criminal in the worst ways. In the same ways that makes me hate the nazis everytime I watch a history show about the actions of the SS. The SS had NO right doing those things to those people… And America has no right killing Iraqis in their own homeland. Nor abusing them in their own house. We need to mind our own business and go home.We ONLY have the right to attack those that have ALREADY attacked us… or are within days of doing so.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:40 amBubba lied & Monica sighed; Dumbya lied & thousands died – and continue to die with each passing day. This is where any comparison ends; This is the crux of the level of heinousness in this country. Compare Clinton to Bush any day of the week and you will see that Clinton was a “prince” compared with this sadistic fool.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:58 am#39 Don’t even attempt to comprehend it all. The rule of law is dead in this country, thanks to Gonzales and Bush.
June 12th, 2007 at 8:59 amIf the fixation with Bill Clinton’s fly wasn’t a national obsession, someone, or maybe everyone would have noticed Bin Laden’s threat and would have supported Clinton’s attempt to get Al Qaeda in Afganistan. But the Republicans supported high theater and impeachment. And the future American Idol America ate it all up.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:06 amBill Clinto was a great President, and is a leader on human rights. Deal with it.
Yes, I sent him this letter. Poor fool, I know how he feels, I sent so many foreigners to be tortured (the left in America could careless), but I know how guilty he feels.
I felt so guilty, that I started having affairs.
Yes, it was me!
June 12th, 2007 at 9:46 amBubba lied & Monica sighed; Dumbya lied & thousands died – and continue to die with each passing day. This is where any comparison ends; This is the crux of the level of heinousness in this country. Compare Clinton to Bush any day of the week and you will see that Clinton was a “prince†compared with this sadistic fool.
Comment by veritas — June 12, 2007 @ 8:58 am
Dumb, my poor dumb liberal. I lied and 9/11 happened, 3,000 Americans died because I didn’t bother to go after Bin Laden during the 1990s with all the might of the United States military, and intelligence services.
I down sized the military and cut jobs in the intelligence services. I was more worried about perserving my legacy and fooling, tools like you, then I was worried about keeping America save and running the country.
It is nice to know though that there are tools like you that use stupid slogans like, “Bush lied thousands died, Clinton died no one died.” I love slogans like this, because they paint me in a light that I am not.
here is a secret for you son, I lied, people did die. Ask all those that died in Somalia because I promised the Rangers there military supports and instead of ordering a heavy armored division as I had promised, I orderded them to retreat. Just two examples in this post of how I lied and people did die.
now please, keep on spewing left wing propaganda, I LOVE SEEING MY TOOLS AT WORK SPEWING MY PROPAGANDA!
yes, yes, yes, I love it!!!!
June 12th, 2007 at 9:55 amAgain, Martin Van Buren tries to have a conversation with itself.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:58 am“Bill Clinton really messed up during the Monica thing, but he’s really turned into quite the class act. â€
No he didn’t. Things were made bigger than it had to (pun intended) but it was really a non-story.
Comment by 1984 — June 12, 2007 @ 6:08 am
I have turned out into a class act? Oh yes, by ordering my National Security guy to go steal top secret documents from the National Archieve so that the 9/11 Commission could not see how incompetent my administration was when we were supposedly going after Bin Laden.
Yes, I have turned into a “class” act, ask Hillary and about all the women I have slept with since I left the White House.
There is a reason why you don’t see my daughter with me anymore, she doesn’t speak with me, because I am such a “class” act.
You dumb, stupid, idiotic tools, why do you keep on masturbating to me. Why the orgasms over me?
I was a failure, I complete and utter failure. but not that you care, or even know.
I only look at you my left wing masses, my tools, my sheeps and I cry with joy. It is so easy to manipulate the poorly educated masses.
yes, keep on making up my legacy! In about 100 years, history books will describe me as the greatest President ever, greater than Lincoln, FDR, Washington, I will be the greatest President ever, I WILL!!!!!
June 12th, 2007 at 9:59 amA former interrogator expresses remorse and exposes the torture of captives, and the wrong-wing zealots in this country (and some who served with him) send death threats.
Trolls on this thread try to make it about Clinton’s dalliance with Monica. More wrong-wing BS. They can’t deal with the substance of these egregious offenses by our own military, and want to deflect the blame, and distract us from the issues.
Many of the changes I feared came about as a response to 9/11. I could see the loss of our civil and human rights as authoritarians looked to “safeguard” our country…and some of it came to pass. But I didn’t anticipate the policy on rendition and torture; nor did I think the public would shamefully get on that immoral bandwagon. Luckily, many didn’t. But the response Eric Fair got after his disclosures show that a dangerous minority did embrace it, and they dishonor our nation.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:06 amAs “Cum-mander in Chief” the only missile Bubba launched was in his pants thanks for protecting us Bill the “hardest” working pResident.
June 12th, 2007 at 11:57 amNow, I’m not a stick-up-the-butt liberal or anything (I enjoy a good fart joke), but it seems to do a bit of a disservice to TP to retain the 14-year-old “sex” attacks along the style of “you are so gay” and “you will never get laid” themes. Why are TP editors not purging those? It really makes me not want to debate in these forums when the replies are so juvenile (probably the intent of the troll). It also looks bad to “on-the-fencers” visiting who might think liberal discource is just full of silly personal attacks instead of real debate. Am I alone here?
June 12th, 2007 at 12:17 pmThe silly troll droppings are just that-an effort to derail the issue. But it is also indicative of the intellectual emptiness of wrong-wing rhetoric…if there are inadequate or no arguments on their side, they resort to name-calling or distraction. Apparently they follow the wrong-wing radio mediots’ talking points, and blame everything on Clinton.
It would be funny, except that this is the regular level of discourse to be gained from those who have nothing of consequence to contribute. The issue is torture and abuse of captives, and how one man’s disclosures were met with hatred and death threats.
So, wrong-wingers engage in “dialog” via smears and death threats. What happened to Eric Fair is a microcosm of the wrong-wing philosophy…and it is very unAmerican.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:29 pmrefresh comment
June 12th, 2007 at 1:33 pmIt also looks bad to “on-the-fencers†visiting who might think liberal discource is just full of silly personal attacks instead of real debate. Am I alone here?
Comment by Parrotlover77
Liberal discourse is personal attacks not real debate,always has been here at TP. Sorry to break the hard hitting news analysis and research to you. Now entertainment is TPs (24/7Paris Hilton) speciality.
Look at the headlines of each story dude. Headlines are always one sided/bias to get you in and read the tabloid trash that the TP spinmeisters call “hard hitting news”. Heh :^(
TP editors/censors/spinners are college (highly indoctrinated) educated too.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:48 pmPlus their websites admin guys are second rate.
June 12th, 2007 at 1:49 pmrefresh please
TPs website admin guys are second rate.
June 12th, 2007 at 4:36 pmrefresh please:-]
:}
June 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pmit is also indicative of the intellectual emptiness of wrong-wing rhetoric…if there are inadequate or no arguments on their side, they resort to name-calling or distraction. Apparently they follow the wrong-wing radio mediots’ talking points, and blame everything on Clinton . . . It would be funny, except that this is the regular level of discourse to be gained from those who have nothing of consequence to contribute. The issue is torture and abuse of captives, and how one man’s disclosures were met with hatred and death threats.
What is downright creepy is that the Republican congressional leadership has nothing better to say than your TP Trolls. All the polite Republicans are either out of power or pistol-whipped into whimpering submission. McConnell, Kyle, Boehner, etc., just keep sneering the same simple-minded insults day after day. Not an intelligent thought among them.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pmLangs,
Sorry for the delayed reply. I’ve been hard at work while you seem to be busy fighting for your misguided sense of global justice. This turn the other cheek thing doesn’t seem to work with these guys-funny thing is, they cut off your head while you’re not looking. I prefer to face my attackers and defend accordingly. That’s not cowardice Langs. It just the real world we live in. These people won’t take “yes” for an answer. At least not from us. And yes, I’ve asked myself why; and you and I wouldn’t agree on that either.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:34 am