I mentioned in yesterday’s post about Neal Pollack, how much I enjoyed hearing someone talk some common sense. This editorial in the NYT also seems to speak that language. How hard is it for the Bush administration? A lot apparently. In the editorial, the author lists several things the administration should do to set things straight and they are all do-able. And the author does not even call for Rumsfeld’s resignation (he totallly should in my opinion), rather just calls for:
1. the removal of intelligence personnel from overseeing the prisons, as most of the prisoners have no military intelligence value.
2. the ban of private American contractors from the prison. {duh}
3. sending all available trained military prison guards to to Iraq to relieve the soldiers there who were never trained to deal with this in the first place.
4. ordering “Mr. Rumsfeld to immediately issue new regulations that not only say that prisoners and detainees must be treated according to the letter and spirit of the Geneva Conventions, but also ban, one by one, the harsh practices inflicted on prisoners.”
The author suggests removing the prisoners from Abu Ghraib and razing it from the ground, as it is nothing but a reminder of Hussein’s brutal reign.
Wow, all this sounds like commen sense to me. But you know it won’t happen. The administration has its blinders back on and they are not allowing any amount of bad news to deter them from their set course.
I don’t know what else to say. Its about time these turkeys suck it up and take some repsonsibility for the mess they have made. But then they would have to admit first that they made a mess, wouldn’t they?