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It looks like Murtha is wanting the shooting of Iraqis dealt with right:

"Who covered it up, why did they cover it up, why did they wait so long?" Murtha said on "This Week" on ABC. "We don't know how far it goes. It goes right up the chain of command."

This echoes of Abu Gharib. We all know it wasn't some isolated incident of soldiers acting out of line. There had to be people at the top of the chain on down involved in this. When we hear reports of the exact same kind of abuse happening there as in Gitmo then there definitely is something bigger.

"I will not excuse murder, and this is what happened," Murtha said. "This investigation should have been over two or three weeks afterward and it should have been made public and people should have been held responsible for it."

Of course the military hoped no one would ever know. We are now investigating something that happened six months ago. The only reason it is being investigated is because Murtha brought it up and is a very credible source.

"This is the kind of war you have to win the hearts and minds of the people," he said. "And we're set back every time something like this happens. This is worse than Abu Ghraib."

That is it right there. Bush says that we need a "free and democratic Iraq" to help us win the war on terror. Well it does not matter one bit if they are free and democratic or not. If we treat their citizens like some expendable trash then they will hate us and end up building to a point to become a serious foe in the future. This is proof of how Bush has indeed made us LESS safe in the war on terror.

We continue to hear stories of torture from Guantanimo Bay.
The administration continues to denounce the claims. They do admit to some
“extreme” interrogation tactics that result in good intelligence however.

The big question is; If the intelligence is so good then
why must we “rig” the trials?

Leaked emails from two former military prosecutors said
that the hearings were in fact being rigged because of the lack of evidence the
military has. A month prior to being transferred out of Gitmo, Major Robert
Preston, who was one of the prosecutors, concluded an email with:

After all, writing a motion saying that the process will
be full and fair when you don't really believe it is kind of hard,
particularly when you want to call yourself an officer and lawyer.

Another prosecutor, Captain John Carr who ended up leaving
the post also wrote:

When I volunteered to assist with this process and was
assigned to this office, I expected there would at least be a minimal effort
to establish a fair process and diligently prepare cases against significant
accused, Instead, I find a half-hearted and disorganised effort by a skeleton
group of relatively inexperienced attorneys to prosecute fairly low-level
accused in a process that appears to be rigged.

Capt Carr also said further in the email that:

You have repeatedly said to the office that the military
panel will be handpicked and will not acquit these detainees and that we only
needed to worry about building a record for the review panel.

Can you pick out the highest impact headline

1. Porn Sites May Get .XXX Suffix
2. 'Runaway bride' gets probation
3. President Was Waging War Before Congressional Authorization
4. Photographer Crashes Into Lindsay Lohan

If you picked number three, then congratulations. And for your prize, you get
a Nation filled with news medias that will pick the remaining headlines as their
own.

It is a disappointing fact that our nation has fallen into the crave for
'tabloid' style headlines. With pop stars on trial, brides running from their
future husbands, and new involving pornography taking the grand stand in our
news today. It leaves you with a sense that the news media is acting like our
father, protecting us little Americans from the harsh reality that is out there
in the world. I mean if we had to face up to headlines that could implicate the
President in a scandal to wage war for false reasons, we might just break down.
We are a fragile people and thankfully we have the media giants to protect us
from stories our simple, tender minds could not handle hearing.

In fact the first amendment to our Constitution is close to non existent.
While we still have the freedom of speech and the freedom of press, the press is
scared to exercise that right, or face a sentence far worse than being detained
at Gitmo. God have mercy on them for reporting what would once be considered
'news'. If a member of the media has the audacity to report on something that
could be construed as negative press towards our White House, then they will be
labeled with that treasonous term of "LIBERAL".