Political Quotes

“I have heard it said that the Secretary defended the rules of engagement for the Abu Ghraib prison, with possibly a misunderstanding that he approved or somehow condoned what went on and what has been revealed in the shocking photos of abuse we have seen. Let's be clear on one thing. The rules of engagement are very clear, and the rules of engagement do not permit or tolerate the kind of abuses we have seen depicted in the Abu Ghraib prison. This is a real difference between a free, democratic country with respect for human rights observing the Geneva Convention, and those who do not. It has been stated on the Senate floor that we are no better than the Saddam Hussein government that was running the prisons. That is an unnecessary slanderous attack on the men and women of the military who do believe, by and large--99.999 percent--in the standards we set. The difference in our country is that when we see these evidences of abuse we move to do something about them. Investigations began in January. The first criminal indictments were handed down near the end of March.”