Aides: Rumsfeld to Apologize to Congress

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&e=1&u=/ap/20040507/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse

13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Amid calls for his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld drafted an apology Friday for not keeping Congress informed about abuses of Iraqi prisoners in U.S. custody, defense officials said.



Oh this should be good. How long can Rummie last before he says something stupid?

[Jacobin]

1. "I'm sorry we got caught torturing prisoners"

Next time, we'll be more discrete.

:puke:

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Actually, it will be more like

"I'm sorry about the pictures that caught us torturing prisoners."

[Tellurian]

4. Ooops, we also forgot to mention, we've hired private defense contractors.

And we're using taxpayer money, we don't know how much yet, we haven't gotten a bill. Oh, btw- did * mention, we need another $25B? cause we're running out of money, again!

[Athame]

14. More like

I'm sorry the pictures got out showing those few bad apples apparently abusing those terrorist bad guys who are trying to kill our people.

[eyesroll]

2. I'm sorry, Congress, for not telling you. I'm sorry, King Abdullah

of Jordan, for torturing someone else's citizens.

What about saying sorry to the Iraqis?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Yeah. Chimp fell 6 billion short yesterday.

After Rummy's apology that'll leave only 5,999,999,465 people left to apologize to.

[Amerpie]

5. We will get to the bottom of this

I suggest that they get to the top of it.

[ima_sinnic]

6. who cares about your stupid insincere "apologies"?

just be graceful and have the guts to resign already, like Nixon did.

Republican reptiles: UGH :vomit:

[Drifter]

7. Add Rummy ...

to the ever growing list of corrupt administration officials who will be pardoned next Juanuary.

Frankly, I can't wait.

Cheers
Drifter

[LeftHander]

8. World Court Withdrawal Looms Large

Discussed here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1547250

[Cocoa]

9. maybe he changed his mind about bringing the press release?

I wonder if Rummy is going to rethink this, maybe figuring it wouldn't go over very well...

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/07/politics.abuse.main/

<snip>

Sources said Rumsfeld will bring a poster-sized blowup of a January 16 press release announcing an investigation of "reported incidents of detainee abuse" in Iraq. (See release <http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040143.txt> )

Rumsfeld will apparently use that prop to underscore his assertion that the U.S. Central Command had disclosed the reported abuse early on.

[LeftHander]

11. I hope he does....that is so arrogant....

eom

[demnan]

10. Who drafted the memo?

I think it was Turd Blossom, not Rummy.

[leftchick]

13. I wonder if he will suddenly remember who classified Taguba's Report?

At his last press chat he was asked and said he did not know who classified the report as secret.

[jeanmarc]

15. You can't handle the truth!!!!!

I have this thing being recorded. He'll blurt out something stupid for sure.