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| Goss: Interrogations Key to War on Terror |
| 2004-09-07 |
| EFL - Good read, here are a couple of pearls: Porter Goss, nominated to be the next CIA director, took a hard line on interrogations in the war on terror earlier this year, saying "Gee, you're breaking my heart" to complaints that Arab men found it abusive to have women guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. During one interview in May, the eight-term House Republican from Florida said he couldn't count the number of ongoing prison abuse investigations, but "we've got the circus in the Senate, which is always the likely place to look for the circus." "We were very concerned that Guantanamo was being set up by the military to get the Good Housekeeping seal of approval because the International Committee of the Red Cross and the human rights people were there en masse, baying in large crowds with cameras, and making sure that these people who were trying to kill us and blow up airplanes ... that these nice, friendly people would be receiving all the necessary amenities of Good Housekeeping," Goss said in May. Sounds like this guy will have a hard time of it, too much of a straight shooter. Which is exactly what is needed in a CIA director. |
| Posted by:JerseyMike |
| #10 agreed - I use them only to expose the hypocrisy of NGO's that yap at the U.S. while ignoring the real offenders |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-07 3:34:19 PM |
| #9 Frank - They are antisemitic a**holes. I've got no problem with anyone here calling them that. IMO, for practical reasons unrelated to the substance of the matter, the DCI should forgo the pleasure. It makes it harder for some people who can help us to do so. Castro and the PRC aren't successes on their own terms let alone ours. No need to take their lead until they do something that works. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2004-09-07 3:19:19 PM |
| #8 Then why bother to respond at all? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-07 2:38:37 PM |
| #7 Absurd statements don't deserve thoughtful responses. If Zenster writes that Reuters is to blame for child labor in India because a Reuters article on that subject doesn't expound on genital mutilation of girls in Egypt, then a "Whatever" might have to suffice from me. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-09-07 2:35:48 PM |
| #6 If you want ME to take YOU seriously, stop acting like a whiny little twit. Your responses in those threads consist of the following: "Whatever" "Get a grip" "?????????????????????????????????" You're posing, not making an argument. All I'm doing is comparing your pose to the beliefs of others who strike similar poses. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-07 2:14:41 PM |
| #5 Re #2 (Robert Crawford): Mike, did you ever bother explaining why you blame the Russians for all the dead kids in Beslan? Or why you took personal offense at the press getting some blame for child labor? I responded in both threads, about Beslan and about child labor. Robert, if you want me to take you seriously, respond to what I write instead of your own projections. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-09-07 10:47:40 AM |
| #4 Mark, maybe so, but when we start to tell these anti-american, anti-WOT asshats to "go f*&k themselves, we're doing this the best way to save American lives", it'd be the best way to handle them. They don't protest Castro, the PRC, et al, because those countries don't care about the ankle-biting leftys. We should show the ICRC the respect they deserve. When they let the Magen David Adom in, we'll quit calling them antisemitic assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-07 10:33:04 AM |
| #3 A lot of the ICRC/AI complaints (like the "women guards" thing) are total crap, and these prisoners aren't entitled to a vacation. But in the wake of Abu Ghraib, it would be in our interest for the designated DCI to take a lot less cavalier attitude about these issues. No point in making this fight any tougher than it has to be. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2004-09-07 9:55:12 AM |
| #2 Mike, did you ever bother explaining why you blame the Russians for all the dead kids in Beslan? Or why you took personal offense at the press getting some blame for child labor? As for "torture" -- shut the hell up. You'll notice that the people responsible for the abuses at Abu Ghraib are getting trials and punishment. Now, will you please quit beating that dead horse? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-09-07 9:17:19 AM |
| #1 Interrogations indeed might be the key to the war on terror, but that doesn't necessarily mean that torture is the key to successful interrogations. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-09-07 9:12:03 AM |