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Right, Migeru. They were 'taken aback', the way someone is who has undergone torture, the way they would be if the EU organized a congress to support the Geneva Conventions in Puerto Rico, including a sea cruise from San Juan to Guantanamo. You get so sick of these people and the news organizations which report on them as if their behavior is most normal thing in the world.
by Quentin on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 10:15:00 AM EST
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To paraphrase Rumsfeld: that's life!.

In a recent Daily Kos thread:

Reuters's Charlie Aldinger asked about "uniformed death squads" in Iraq. Rumsfeld replied: "I'm not going to comment on hypothetical questions."

When Aldinger protested that the question was not hypothetical, Rumsfeld replied that Iraq is "a sovereign country" and suggested the death-squad allegations could be politically motivated. "I just don't know," he said. "I can only talk about what I know." With an exaggerated shrug, he added: "That's life."



guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 30th, 2005 at 10:29:37 AM EST
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