McClellan, the Koran, and "a few isolated incidents taken out of context"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

White House blames 'few' jailers in Koran uproar



"It is unfortunate that some have chosen to take out of context a few isolated incidents by a few individuals without making clear the policies and practices of the overwhelming vast majority, the 99.9 percent, of our military personnel," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

McClellan said he was referring to "some media coverage and some commentary."

"There were three times as many confirmed incidents of (Koran) abuse by detainees, a number which were far worse than the few isolated incidents of mishandling by a few individuals that violated military policies and practices," McClellan added.

"The military expects its high standards to be met, and does not tolerate or condone it when individuals do not -- as this report makes clear," McClellan said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050604/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_bush_dc

[saltpoint]

1. From the Islamic detainees' perspective, individual urine was splattered -

- onto a universal code of conduct and truth.

McClellan was instructed to downplay the significance but if I'm an already-angry young Islamic militant, ANY Westerner pissing on my holy book is grounds for retaliation.

Bush has no clue what's going on out the window.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. So, was 9-11 "a few isolated incidents taken out of context"?

"It is unfortunate that some have chosen to take out of context a few isolated incidents by a few individuals without making clear the policies and practices of the overwhelming vast majority, the 99.9 percent, of the Muslim people," said Al Queida spokesman Scott Abdullah.

These morons are absurd!

[snowbear]

3. If we had a dollar for every lie this administration has told...

I wonder how rich we'd be?

[chalky]

4. We'd be able to buy back our debt from China.

And pay off a little of the Saudi debt, too.

[jimshoes]

5. Didn't see that one coming...

link to orig thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1499853

[chalky]

6. Madame Cleo! Is that you behind those sneakers???

:-)