Bush: ‘Troubled’ by war crime allegations

[Roon]

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday he was troubled by allegations that U.S. Marines had killed unarmed Iraqi civilians and that, “if in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment.”

It was Bush’s first public comment on allegations that Marines killed about two dozen unarmed Iraqi men, women and children in the western city of Haditha last November.

Responding to a reporter’s question, Bush said he had discussed Haditha with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “He’s a proud Marine. And nobody is more concerned about these allegations than the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is full of honorable people who understand the rules of war.”

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13065025/

[jobycom]

1. "If laws were broken, there will be punishment." I'll bet.

The whistleblowers will be lucky to escape with their lives. Plenty of ratshot to go around.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Another famous bush "investigation"?

The kind where the story goes away real fast.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

51. It won't surface again for at least 2 years.

[enid602]

8. Bush

That should read "I I find out who failed to kill all witnesses and/or leaked this to the press, there'll be hell to pay!'

[notadmblnd]

10. no, it's more like... if laws were broken

there'll be promotions.

[Generic Brad]

47. And medals!

Don't forget the honorary medals given to all outgoing incompetents and failures. If the orders go all the way up to Rumsfeld he might even get two medals.

[Amonester]

23. From the Repeater: "Repeat, repeat, rinse, repeat, ..."

"If someone committed a crime," Bush said speaking to reporters after a meeting with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, "they will no longer work in my administration."

Time reporter Matthew Cooper has said Karl Rove, Bush's deputy chief of staff and closest political adviser, was the first person to disclose to him that an administration critic's wife worked for the CIA. She was subsequently identified as Valerie Plame. (Related video: White House comments on leak)

Several Democrats, including Sens. John Kerry of Massachusettts and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, have called for Rove's firing. Some Democrats charged that Bush had shifted his position. They said Bush had promised to fire anyone involved in the leaking of Plame's name in 2003, regardless of whether a law had been broken.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-18-bush-rove_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

[sofa king]

31. One, two, three, Repeater!

You say I need a job,
I've got my own business
You want to know what i do?
None of your fucking business
But now I'm lying here
Knowing that business had a name,
But now I'm a number
1 2 3 repeater
Down by law, I've got this nasty habit
When I need something I just reach out and grab it
Once upon a time I had a name and a way
But to you I'm nothing but a number
1 2 3 repeater...

--Arlington County's own Fugazi

[rodeodance]

28. its the -few bad apples at the bottom of the barrel-approach.

[jobycom]

32. Exactly. When it should be "A fish rots from the head." nt.

[Born Free]

65. If laws were broken? what a joke.....

The entire invasion and occupation was illegal and caused thousands to die, but he is troubled that a few individuals got caught? Every time I read about this guy and his poor decisions , I only shake my head - unbeliable that Americans continue to buy it. The marines may have done wrong but he should be held responsible, not the individuals that were forced into an illegal war.

[Rose Siding]

2. He should have scheduled a specific presser to address this on its own

He waited for a question about it! What a weasel.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. "I got a troubled mind "

What a fucking moran.

[CountAllVotes]

14. that is rather obvious!

Time to take away the keys and lock this sucker up! Enough is enough! *'s mind is "troubled" alright! It is likely due to my assertion that this man is deluded and psychopathic!

* should be far more than "troubled". * should FIRE RUMSFELD, once again the face behind the crimes in Iraq! As if Abu Grahib and Falluja and all of the other acts are not enough. We won't even mention the words "depleted uranium" nor "white phosphorus".

Troubled in his mind!

Beyond a fucking moran!

This man is a war dangerous criminal. Look in the mirror *, look in the miror!

:dem: :kick:

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Look out, the decider is troubled.

[acmavm]

4. 'Troubled'??? Oh brother. That's all the buffon's got to offer?

He's troubled??

I feel 'troubled' over my kids grades, his smart ass attitude, the bills I owe. Really that's more in line with what should cause you to feel 'troubled'.

He has an obligation, as the front man patsy stooge for the neocons, to act like he's OUTRAGED. No troubled.

Stupid bastard. I've got a dog smarter than he is. And I've been trying to housebreak that damn thing for years.

[UpInArms]

13. LOL! Priceless summation:

I've got a dog smarter than he is. And I've been trying to housebreak that damn thing for years.

:toast:

[Critters2]

43. I loved that too!

Or as I like to say "I have a beagle smarter than this. And she's stupid even for a beagle."

[drdtroit]

6. When are people going to grasp the fact that

this administration and the majority of the GOP will say anything, and ultimately do absolutely nothing?
:patriot:

[DBoon]

7. He is only "troubled" because...

this got out to the press and now he has to deal with.

He is troubled that it wasn't covered up completely.

[Ravy]

9. When the headline reads "jailed" rather than "troubled"...

I will start paying attention to what Bush is thinking.

[CountAllVotes]

17. Amen!

...

[savemefromdumbya]

11. JUST WHO IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF?

I'm sick and tired of Bush passing the buck and pretending he doesn't know about something. HE is the C'n Chief for heaven's sake. He hears about things thru the media? Wow!:mad:

[CountAllVotes]

15. * should FIRE RUMMY!

and he should waste NO TIME in doing it!

Enough is enough!

This is his only possible restituion! And that is just a mere possibility only.

[savemefromdumbya]

62. but isn't the Commander in Chief responsible?

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. Like the guy said in Apocalypse Now, "Ain't nobody in charge"

[wordpix2]

70. That would be DeadEye Dickhead & his sidekick with the Abomb, Rummy

[NYC Liberal]

12. I wonder why he's not touting himself as "The Decider" NOW, hmmm...

'Course, he's only The Decider when good things happen, right?

[mark11727]

16. This "..if in fact laws were broken.." statement...

...bothers the hell out of me.

IIRC, SOME KIDS WERE SHOT IN THEIR HEADS --- I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME KIND OF LAW AGAINST THAT SORT OF THING, THEREFORE AT LEAST ONE LAW HAS IN FACT BEEN BROKEN!!!

Sorry, but this "IF LAWS WERE BROKEN" talk is just a lot of mush-mouthed bullshit.

A real president would have said "when I find out who did this, I am going to skin their murdering asses. God bless America, thank you and good night."

My .02 worth.

[patrice]

19. There are many, maybe even most, Americans who think our guys

just hang out over there, and guard things, until they have to go somewhere, then they are ambushed by Iraqis. In other words, they think our troops are only victims.

[beltanefauve]

63. They hang out

when they're not busy building schools and soccer fields. Y'know, the GOOD news out of Iraq!

[patrice]

66. Yes, I didn't mean to imply that all of them are out murdering people.

Just a few, but even that's too many.

[beltanefauve]

69. Sorry, I was being sarcastic

and should have used the icon for that. Even if our guys did nothing all day but hang out, build soccer fields, and schools, we really have no business being there at all.

[sakabatou]

21. Really? You sure about that Bush

Just like the many times you said the people would go to jail for breaking the law, and they haven't? Where's the promise, O Asshated-One?

[gratuitous]

22. He had to be asked

Bush had to be asked about this. He didn't come out ahead of this to address the situation. He had to be asked.

Your teen-ager wrecks the car. He’s okay. The car is drivable but damaged. He doesn’t tell you, and you don’t find out until you get in the car, and notice that the right front quarter panel is crunched. You ask the boy, and he says, “Oh yeah, I hit a pole in the supermarket parking lot.”

Is your anger best described as “white hot” or “towering”? Understand, of course, that we’re talking about a teen-age boy, not a presumably grown man in a position of great responsibility.

Bush didn’t mention Haditha until someone asked him about it. But if you’re upset about that, you’re a shrill Bush-hater, in the grip of an unreasoning, groundless anger.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. His?

[Jackpine Radical]

25. He's concerned by the "ALLEGATIONS," not the acts themselves.

If everybody had just kept their mouths shut & not blown the coverup, everything woulda been hunky-dory.

[AndyTiedye]

26. He'll Be Troubled When He Gets To Take A Long Vacation in the Hague

[bullimiami]

27. rigging elections didnt trouble him, putting protestors in pens ...

didnt bother him, torture and murder didnt bother him, drowning poor people didnt bother him, bombing, depleted uranium cancers and deformations and napalming civilians didnt bother him.

this bothers him?

[ugarte]

29. Bush: (Un)troubled by war crime allegations...nt

[stepnw1f]

30. Yeah, He's Troubled Alright! In the Head! (nt)

[Vinca]

33. 'splain to me the difference between George and Sadam.

Anyone?

[dipsydoodle]

34. Only

the names their spelt and Sadam is already on trial.

[VegasWolf]

35. One name has six letters and the other has five?? Ok, I give up! nt

[KansDem]

40. Language

I don't know for certain but doesn't Saddam speak better English?

I could be wrong...

Oh, and I think Saddam can eat pretzels without incident.

[Vinca]

45. LOL - and Sadam usually knew what was going on.

[xxqqqzme]

36. he's troubled?

I'm troubled that he is not appalled; outraged; disgusted; or sickened. I'm troubled he found out about it from the 'news' whatever that is - we know he doesn't read the paper. Where is the fury over the cover-up? Did anyone see pace on Countdown last night w/ his 150 lbs of medals on his chest? He looked like a cartoon. I didn't think I could get any angrier. And here we are SIX months after this happened - SIX months after most of us here read about it AND saw the pictures of the butchery.

and this serial killer rat bastard is troubled?

[TexasLawyer]

37. He'd better be troubled!

[0007]

44. A dream come true, I hope!

[BigDDem]

38. Bush: Im troubled....

we wont have enough Medals of Freedom to give out.

[Jack Rabbit]

39. The headline is unclear

For a second I thought Bush was troubled by any one accusing him of war crimes.

[Ripley]

41. NO KIDDING!

Oh, were my fingers ever crossed! Let it be true, let it be true!

Someone PLEASE tell him HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES! Afterall, he's the War Prezledent. Freak.

:nuke:

[Zynx]

42. He only cares because they got caught.

He never said a word about the possibility of war crimes until the media bashed it over his head.

[Daphne08]

46. He should have studied history well and learned about war

before he started this preemptive war in Iraq! These things have happened in every war... every war!

I hope he is troubled.

[Thor_MN]

48. Nothing else about the clusterfuck called Operation Iraqi Freedom bothers

him? What an ass...

[truth2power]

49. I heard those remarks. All I can say is

it sounded like he was struggling to frame the proper emotions The emotions any normal human being would have are not available to him. I mean....not available. Not in his data basnk.

One more indication that he's a sociopath. Geez! When are the white coats gonna come take him away??

And why always the passive voice? "there will be punishment". He can't do it. He just can't summon any REAL sense of outrage about all these atrocities.

SICK. SICK. SICK. :puke:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

50. What laws does he want to change now...

to ensure that "no laws were broken"?

[Jack113]

52. Bush 'troubled' by Haditha report

The official US version differs widely from that of locals and the media
US President George W Bush has said he is "troubled" by reports of an alleged massacre of Iraqi civilians by US marines last November.
Making his first public comments on the issue, Mr Bush said if anyone had broken the law they would be punished.

His comments followed claims that the killings of 24 people in the town of Haditha were covered up.

On Tuesday, the US government promised to make public all the details of inquiries into the alleged massacre.

Its more likely that Bush gave the order to comit the murders. This is just more buck passing by the real criminals that have hijacked our government. In the military the officers are always accountable for the actions of their men. Of course the hearings will be closed and no real info will be available to the public.

[Submariner]

53. Well I would be "troubled" too if the centerpiece of my legacy

was torture and death.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

54. If anyone has broken the law..... well, there's probably a mirror

in that nice big house he lives in......

[vssmith]

55. He is troubled alright.

The troubling thing going through his mind is, "Who are those whistle-blowing leaking traitors."

[Ilsa]

56. Why would he be troubled? If the deaths on 9-11-01 only helped

give him a good laugh and fall asleep, why would the deaths of two dozen "furriners" bother him?

[MADem]

57. Gee, didn't he say those leakers would be punished, and those

CIA outers, too? Don't hold yer breath!

He's troubled because someone TOLD him this, not because it happened. The boy in the bubble....

He didn't give the orders. He's not that involved. He just wants the black gold, and he's relying on Rummy and crew to pacify that country so the "war" can pay for itself with a hefty profit for himself and his pals, and it ain't gonna happen.

[NRaleighLiberal]

58. Great word - "troubled" - like a hemhorroid or toothache he may have -

just another big window into his completely empty soul.

[Kagemusha]

59. You think someone of Bush's level gives orders for a mere 24 killings?

Come on, I know people talk of the incredible shrinking presidency at times but that's giving him too little credit. He's presided over far, far worse than this one incident, but those were "lawful".

[moobu2]

60. He’s only troubled that the cover up didn’t work this time.

The truth got out.

[teryang]

61. Yeah he's all choked up about killing civilians

He hasn't lost one moment of sleep, golf or vacation on account of this wholesale killing going on. Hell, he's a torture advocate and a major exponent of the destruction of human rights.

[lumpy]

64. Plenty of other quesionable civilian killings

that have not been investigated, checkpoint killings, homes broken into and people shot.

[Solly Mack]

67. He's troubled by the "allegations" - not by the war crimes themselves

Rumsfeld was troubled by the pictures of torture and not the torture itself...and Bush is troubled by what is being said and not by what happened

Bush is a war criminal. That fact doesn't trouble him at all.

[truth2power]

68. Troubled????...

Troubled is what you feel when you misplace your car keys!

Bush is a mental cripple!