Mr. Hersh reports that the prison abuse in Iraq was tied directly to decisions made by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. The New Yorker article, to be published May 24th is available online today.
"The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved last year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation, which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq. Rumsfeld’s decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America’s prospects in the war on terror."
So how long till the assasination of Seymour Hersh begins...and I'm not talking about character assasination.
Yesterday Collin Powell floated a trial balloon that would allow the US to leave Iraq (granted we'd leave it in shambles). Basically saying that we'd leave if the new gov't asked us. And given that we're creating the new government...I'm betting we'll find one that will ask us to leave so we can save face. It's a brilliant move. Bastards.
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