Words Don’t Do It?

COLLINS: In retrospect, do you believe that you erred in not coming forward, not just to the president and the Congress — you’ve made very clear today that you regret not doing that — but to the world community? Would it have made a difference if it had been the Pentagon itself that had disclosed the full extent of this abuse, whatever you knew, and what actions you were going to take?

RUMSFELD: I think in my statement I responded in full to your question. The — I would characterize what was done in the Central Command by way of swift, corrective action as being just that — swift, corrective action.

And second, the — I don’t know quite how to respond to your question. The Department of Defense announced that their abuse was being charged, there were criminal investigations under way. No one had seen the photographs.

They were part of a criminal investigation. And they were in that Central Command — I say no one in the Pentagon had seen them. And they were part of that investigative process.

It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. Words don’t do it. The words that there were abuses, that it was cruel, that it was inhumane — all of which is true — that it was blatant, you read that and it’s one thing. You see the photographs and you get a sense of it and you cannot help but be outraged.

He’s a lying bastard. Here are the words and they convey extremely well what kind of sick, sadistic shit was going on in that prison. One after another they tell the same disgusting story over and over again.

He knew very well was going on. At best, he didn’t give a damn. At worst, he ordered it.

Here are more awful pictures.