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Wow. o_O
Trent Lott, when asked by reporters if the Iraq war was discussed in a meeting between Bush and a group of Republican senators:
"No, none of that. You're the only ones who obsess on that. We don't and the real people out in the real world don't for the most part."
Trent Lott, speaking to reporters about understanding the motivation behind the Iraqi violence:
"It's hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what's wrong with these people. Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me."
Yeah, who knows why they do what they do? Nobody cares about that, except the sensationalist, liberal media. It's not worth discussing. They all look the same to me anyway. Let's just kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out. The U.S. government is doing such a fine job, after all, such as pretty much just doing away with habeas corpus and the like. (/sarcasm)
The overall bill would prohibit war crimes and define such atrocities as rape and torture but otherwise would allow the president to interpret the Geneva Conventions, the treaty that sets standards for the treatment of war prisoners.
The bill on interrogations and trials also would eliminate some rights common in military and civilian courts. For example, the commission would be allowed to consider hearsay evidence so long as a judge determined it was reliable. Hearsay is barred from civilian courts.
The legislation also says the president can "interpret the meaning and application" of international standards for prisoner treatment, a provision intended to allow him to authorize aggressive interrogation methods that might otherwise be seen as illegal by international courts.
Trent Lott, when asked by reporters if the Iraq war was discussed in a meeting between Bush and a group of Republican senators:
"No, none of that. You're the only ones who obsess on that. We don't and the real people out in the real world don't for the most part."
Trent Lott, speaking to reporters about understanding the motivation behind the Iraqi violence:
"It's hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what's wrong with these people. Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israelis and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other? Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me."
Yeah, who knows why they do what they do? Nobody cares about that, except the sensationalist, liberal media. It's not worth discussing. They all look the same to me anyway. Let's just kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out. The U.S. government is doing such a fine job, after all, such as pretty much just doing away with habeas corpus and the like. (/sarcasm)
The overall bill would prohibit war crimes and define such atrocities as rape and torture but otherwise would allow the president to interpret the Geneva Conventions, the treaty that sets standards for the treatment of war prisoners.
The bill on interrogations and trials also would eliminate some rights common in military and civilian courts. For example, the commission would be allowed to consider hearsay evidence so long as a judge determined it was reliable. Hearsay is barred from civilian courts.
The legislation also says the president can "interpret the meaning and application" of international standards for prisoner treatment, a provision intended to allow him to authorize aggressive interrogation methods that might otherwise be seen as illegal by international courts.
