General Myers: "Hey, we only abused 100 prisoners!"

[Bluebear]

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050530-075659-1938r

WASHINGTON -- Gen. Richard B. Myers yesterday condemned as "absolutely irresponsible" an Amnesty International report that compared prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay to the Soviet gulag, adding that 100 out of 68,000 detainees held in the war against terrorism were abused.

"It's very small compared to the population of detainees we've handled," said Gen. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also noted that many of the abuses have produced courts-martial and other punishments.

The London-based human rights organization called the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay "the gulag of our time," comparing it to the Soviet Union's slave-labor camps where millions of people died.

"I think it's irresponsible. I think it's absolutely irresponsible," Gen. Myers told "Fox News Sunday."

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If you just skimmed the article, it's not "absolutely irresponsible" that 100 WERE abused, just the reporting of it.

[Swamp Rat]

1. Hey, General Myers just admitted that he was in charge of abusing 100

prisoners. Thanks for fessing up asshole!!! - to the Hague!!! :grr:

[Triana]

2. That's 100 too damn many, MORON!

:mad: Congratulations, you idiot! YOU and your abuse of 100 prisoners made US part of the PROBLEM of terrorism instead of part of the SOLUTION.

[newyawker99]

3. What an idiot!

:puke:


:grr:

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Myers, Condi and Rummie are all singing the same tune today

It's absurd.
It's ridiculous.
How could anybody even dare to think about accusing us of such things?
Besides we only tortured some of them.

Well then, I suppose they won't mind if they are treated similarly when they go to prison.