Seems to me that those who are shouting the loudest about the Iraqi prisoner abuse incident are those looking to grandstand for attention and looking for political fallout. Why are they calling for Rumsfeld's resignation. Politics. Why is the media keeping this as a hot issue in the headlines. Politics. Why are they asking for apologies? Politics.
Why are they calling the military leadership to sit before a congressional committee? Politics.
I didn't see these politicians making this noise when the contractors in Fallujah were killed and their bodies burned, dragged through the streets and hung from bridges.
I don't see these people calling for apologies from those who perpetrated those atrocities.
I don't hear them calling for apologies from Osama bin Laden for the heinous act he orchestrated on Sept. 11, 2001.
These people aren't interested in justice, decency and honor. All they want is to politicized this event.
There are a few decent individuals among them, Sens. Lieberman and Dole to name two. But by and large, this was an attempt to try to shame and denigrate Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Bush.
I can hear them now, "Military procedure be damned, we want heads to roll and there should be no such thing as protecting the rights of the accused."

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