Angry Bush tackles terror revolt

[Little Star]

The Times September 16, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-2360636,00.html


Angry Bush tackles terror revolt
By Tom Baldwin and Tim Reid

The President counters a rebellion by senior Republicans over terror suspects’ treatment


GEORGE BUSH came out fighting yesterday against the senior Republicans, including Senator John McCain and General Colin Powell, who have led a revolt over his latest plans for the treatment and trial of terror suspects. <snip>

Mr Bush’s announcement last week that 14 high-value al-Qaeda detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, had been transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay for prosecution, was deliberately timed to galvanise the Republican base. Polls have even showed his rock-bottom approval ratings recovering slightly in the past fortnight.

But on Thursday, less than eight weeks before polling day, he ran into a brick wall in the form of the senior Republican Senators such as John Warner, Lindsey Graham and Mr McCain, as well as General Powell.

They certainly have more experience — and probably more weight and standing — on matters military than the President. Mr McCain, after all, was tortured after being captured in Vietnam, while General Powell was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War. <snip>

[bluedog]

1. The world needs to condemn his tactics

and threaten to try his azz at the Hague..........

[kenny blankenship]

2. Time to ask: WHY ARE YOU PROTECTING BIN LADEN, MR. PRESIDENT?

He wants to come out swinging so it's time for those who won't go along with his torture happy police state to take off the gloves.

[VegasWolf]

3. When Democrats take control of the house, Bush will probably go insane

with anger because he can't get his little way.

[wtmusic]

5. He can stomp his little footie all he wants

when he's in prison.

[stubtoe]

4. Time to lay in a supply of popcorn and beer

Expect more revolts betwixt now and the midterms. This is going to be way better than the New Fall Season!

:popcorn:

[truthisfreedom]

6. ooh, those angry rethuglicans! remember when they accused Hillary of being

"too angry" for America? bush has lost his cool, and he looks like a fool.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

7. bush has lost his cool, and he looks like a fool.

He previously looked like something else?

[fooj]

8. After the Red Cross is through with his treasonous ass...

he'll be MORE than angry!

[Mr_Spock]

9. Throw that petulant child into jail

This has gone on long enough.

[peacebird]

10. we have 14 "high value" detainees out of 14,000 prisoners....

Somehow I don't think their "needle in a haystack" approach - the arrest&interogation of ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE to get ONE "high value" detainee is going to work in the long run....

:eyes:

one thousand people in gulags for each "high value" detainee? Okay - didn't this gang take office claiming they would bring good business sense to government? What CEO is going to finance one thousand programs in hopes of finding one product that sells?

:wtf:

[struggle4progress]

12. Battin one thousandth, as the sayin goes.

[indepat]

11. And why shouldn't W be angry at those who heretofore have marched in

lockstep to the beat of this every whim, no matter how wrong-headed or disastrous the consequences.

[Disturbed]

13. That headline is RWing framed.

It should read Torture Revolt.

[truthisfreedom]

14. exactly. Torture Revolt is the truth.