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Inhofe went ape today during the Taguba hearing...his words were so inflammatory McCain walked out:

I -- well, first of all, I regret I wasn't here on Friday. I was unable to be here. But maybe it's better that I wasn't, because as I watched the -- this outrage, this outrage everyone seems to have about the treatment of these prisoners, I was, I have to say -- and I'm probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment. The idea that these prisoners -- you know, they're not there for traffic violations. If they're in cell block 1-A or 1-B, these prisoners, they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're insurgents.

Many of them probably have American blood on their hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of those individuals.

And I hasten to say yeah, there are seven bad guys and gals that didn't do what they should have done. They were misguided, I think maybe even perverted, and the things that they did have to be punished. And they're being punished. They're being tried right now, and that's all taking place. But I'm also outraged by the press and the politicians and the political agendas that are being served by this, and I say political agendas because that's actually what is happening.

Well, according to the Red Cross 90% of the people interred were a mistake which kind of belies the whole "American blood on their hands" malarkey. And even if they did...shouldn't we be the ones above torture? Do we really want to turn into these guys?

GENEVA - Up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were arrested "by mistake," according to coalition intelligence officers cited in a Red Cross report disclosed Monday. It also says U.S. officers mistreated inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison by keeping them naked in dark, empty cells.

If you want to see the exact moment McCain has had enough of Inhofe's garbage go to right here (it's a clip in realvideo format) and move the time forward to 1:07:20. You get to see Inhofe act like an ass and McCain finally walk out. The people behind Inhofe have some priceless expressions...

posted at: 2004-05-11 14:29:55 with 0 comments

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