Thursday, December 01, 2005
What's in a name?
Rumsfeld has announced that from now on, the insurgents in Iraq won't be called "insurgents." Blogger Tim Dunlop adds: "He also decreed war to be peace, freedom to be slavery, ignorance to be strength and that he would in future be known as Dimples 'Hung-Like-A-Horse' O'Toole, the handsomest man in the world."
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I found the following quote from this AP story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051130/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_war_semantics_3)
At another point in their news conference, Rumsfeld and [Gen. Peter] Pace [the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] had an unusual exchange in which Rumsfeld corrected his senior military adviser, only to have Pace gently insist that it was the defense secretary who was wrong.
A reporter asked Pace what U.S. commanders in Iraq are supposed to do if they find Iraqi forces abusing prisoners. Pace replied that if inhumane treatment is observed it is a service member's duty to stop it.
"I don't think you mean they have an obligation to physically stop it — it's to report it," Rumsfeld said, turning to Pace.
Replied the general: "If they are physically present when inhumane treatment is taking place, sir, they have an obligation to try to stop it."
R.S.E.
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