Spain PM refuses to condemn U.S. on Iraq abuse

[Supormom]

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/reuters05-26-204317.asp?reg=europe&vts=52620042104
MEXICO CITY, May 26 — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the man who pulled Spain's troops out of Iraq, condemned on Wednesday the abuse of Iraqi prisoners but refused to blame it on the U.S. government.
Zapatero said a summit of Latin American and European leaders in Mexico later this week should not denounce the United States for the torture and humiliation of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
''Those who should be condemned, those who should assume responsibility are logically those who did wrong, not a people, not a country,'' he told a joint news conference with Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Photographs of U.S. troops abusing Iraqi detainees have brought harsh international criticism of U.S. forces and hardened Arab opposition to the U.S. occupation.
Zapatero urged the United States to punish the troops involved in the torture scandal. An American soldier was imprisoned for a year and thrown out of the Army last week for sexually humiliating prisoners in Iraq.

[DustMolecule]

1. Diplomacy in action.....as it should be

but, I dunno, perhaps one of the defining things that makes 'America Great'...is that we ARE willing to be honest/we WANT to be honest (even if our leaders at the moment don't seem to be <stretching to be polite :eyes:> ....the PEOPLE want to be honest and fair, we want to be treated that way, so we will treat others that way...most of the people want that. America was founded, really on idealism, what COULD be.

I'm sorry, but pushing off the Abu Graib abuse upon a few lowly soldiers, instead of placing responsibility for this travesty squarely on the shoulders of the current administration is like 'blaming your private secretary for gross mismanagement at a plant/refinery/factory.' Lame, weak, polite - but nobody believes it.

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2. Bullshit heading (again).

He said nothing about the government. He refused to condemn
the people of the US and the nation, those are not (ahem) the
government.