Saturday, May 08, 2004
An Artful Dodge. Or Not.
Check out this silliness in today's lead Washington Post editorial:
Mr. Rumsfeld dodged questions about whether guards had been told by intelligence officers and civilian contractors how to treat prisoners, even though an official investigation has already determined that that is what occurred.
If that's what's in the report, then why ask the question?
And if that's what's already in an official report issued out of his own department and released to members of congress, then how can he be said to have dodged the question?
Here's the answer: The Secretary of Defense didn't dodge the question at all. The report given to congress specifically addresses it. What happened is that when the question was asked, he just didn't give the answer everyone expected of him.
Splash, out
Jason
Mr. Rumsfeld dodged questions about whether guards had been told by intelligence officers and civilian contractors how to treat prisoners, even though an official investigation has already determined that that is what occurred.
If that's what's in the report, then why ask the question?
And if that's what's already in an official report issued out of his own department and released to members of congress, then how can he be said to have dodged the question?
Here's the answer: The Secretary of Defense didn't dodge the question at all. The report given to congress specifically addresses it. What happened is that when the question was asked, he just didn't give the answer everyone expected of him.
Splash, out
Jason
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