Wednesday, January 03, 2007
The Students Surpass the Masters?
The Iraqi government seems to be following the Bush Doctrine when it comes to dealing with unwelcome revelations.
The Bush Doctrine to which we refer is, of course, to investigate and intimidate whistle-blowers, and not the problem the whistle-blowers reveal:
Now where do you suppose they learned that trick?
The Bush Doctrine to which we refer is, of course, to investigate and intimidate whistle-blowers, and not the problem the whistle-blowers reveal:
- Hussein Guard Is Arrested, Officials Say
January 3, 2007
By JAMES GLANZ
BAGHDAD, Jan. 3 -- The Iraqi prime minister's office gave its first public defense today of the way the government carried out the execution of Saddam Hussein, and said that a guard who they believe recorded the moment in a macabre unauthorized video had been arrested. The video and the scenes it depicts have prompted a wave of revulsion around the world.
Iraqi officials sought today to challenge the impression created by the video that Mr. Hussein, for all his brutal crimes, behaved with far more dignity in his final minutes than his seemingly thuggish executioners did.
Now where do you suppose they learned that trick?
