AP: White House Won't Condemn Saddam Taunts

[Eugene]

From the let's look on the bright side file...

White House Won't Condemn Saddam Taunts
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer

January 3, 2007, 1:19 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration sent conflicting signals Wednesday
about the taunting and baiting that accompanied Saddam Hussein's execution,
with the White House declining to join criticism of the procedure and the
State Department and U.S. military raising questions about it.

"The president is focused on the new way forward in Iraq so these issues are
best addressed out of Iraq, out of Baghdad," deputy White House press secretary
Scott Stanzel said. "Prime Minister Maliki's staff have already expressed their
disappointment in the filmings, so I guess we'll leave it at that."

Stanzel said the U.S. military and the U.S. Embassy in Iraq had expressed concerns
about the timing of Saddam's execution and later about "the process and what took
place."

-snip-

The White House, while declining to characterize Bush's reaction to taunting, worked
to reshift the focus of the debate onto the execution of Hussein, not how it took place.

"The most important thing to keep in mind, this is a guy who killed hundreds of
thousands of people and received justice," White House press secretary Tony Snow said.
"He got justice."

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Full article: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-saddam-execution,0,2986394.story

[tridim]

1. Snowjob is on CSPAN2 right now talking about this crap.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. They couldn't even secure the execution room.

And they are going to secure the whole country.

Fuck them.

[quiet.american]

3. "...this is a guy who killed hundreds of thousands of people and received justice..."

Oh, the irony. Oh, the irony.

[wilt the stilt]

4. Why would he object to taunting

he did it to Carla Faye Tucker. He likes it.

[ContraBass Black]

5. Not much room between that rock and that hard place, is there?

[npincus]

6. B*sh: "We are all Shi'ites today".

[Nutmegger]

7. Why should they?

It was White House sanctioned.

:puke: x 1,000.

[Rex]

8. Thanks judge Snow. I feel better already!

As long as Tony says it.

[Nikki Stone1]

9. Taunting is the modus operandi for this white house.

Sad.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

10. Is it just me...

...or did this:

The White House, while declining to characterize Bush's reaction to taunting

make you think of this:

[burythehatchet]

11. Someday Tony, if there is justice

you and the asshat may sway on the end of a rope right next to each other.