[Vision2020] From The Weekly Standard

[Tom Hansen]

You did post such information, Wayne.

In fact, the International Red Cross' reports are a major topic of
contention that I am certain will be brought up tomorrow when Major General
Antonio M. Taguba testifies before the committee.

FYI:  I am pretty sure that CNN.com will carry a live audio feed like it did
last week when Donny testified.

Take care,

Tom Hansen


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From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
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Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 5:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [Vision2020] From The Weekly Standard


Pat, et al,

In the link Pat has posted for our perusal the following claim/major premise
is made:

"Nowhere in the record of events made public so far is there a hint that
allegations of wrongdoing, once leveled, were ever brushed aside or not
taken with utmost seriousness by the military chain of command."

I must be living in a fantasy world or getting even more senile.  I thought
I posted an article about the International Red Cross telling appropriate
military commanders about torture, abuse, and similar problems many months
ago.

I thought several other postings, including an abbreviated timeline from CNN
showed the same thing.

Pat, did you read those postings?  Do you think they are true or not?

If you are interested, I'll post links to the V 2020 archives which contain
these articles and others or you scan the V 2020 archives yourself.

The presence of the above quote in the article at issue, being a major
premise of the opinions expressed therein, invalidates the entire article in
my old-codger opinion.

Pat:  I doubt that you and I will agree on many political, economic, social,
or religious issues.  However, I hope that we can agree that the above quote
goes against the preponderance of clear and cogent evidence presented by
many diverse, reasonably reliable sources.

If you wish to defend President Bush, it would be more effective not to use
obviously false information as premises for justification.

Wayne

Art Deco  (Wayne Fox)
deco@moscow.com