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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] I just read Graham's bit ... WOW! [QUOTE]SEN. LINDSEY O. GRAHAM (R), GEORGIA: Thank you, Senator. I think they've left, but just a few minutes ago there were some foreign military officers that came to the hearing and I would just want to say for the record that I'm very proud of the fact that our military command system, civilian and military, comes out in the open -- fast, hard questions -- has to appear before the public. And you've documented, General Taguba, some failings. I think we're failing the country ourselves up here a bit. I think we're overly politicizing this. This should be what binds us, not what tears us apart. I think Republicans and Democrats have a different view of a lot of things, but it seems to me that investigating a prison abuse scandal, [b]when you say you're the good guy, should pull you together, not tear you apart. And I would just hope my colleagues can understand that when you say you're the good guys, you've got to act as the good guys. [/b] General Taguba, how long have you been in uniform? TAGUBA: Sir, this is my 32nd year. GRAHAM: Saddam Hussein is in our control. How would you feel if we sick dogs on him tomorrow? TAGUBA: Sir, on Saddam Hussein? GRAHAM: Yes. TAGUBA: Sir, we still have to follow the tenants of international law. GRAHAM: As much as you and I dislike him, as mean a tyrant as he is and you know he'd kill us all tomorrow, I am so proud of you. What are we fighting for, General Taguba, [b]in Iraq? To be like Saddam Hussein? Is that what we're fighting for?[/b] TAGUBA: No, sir. GRAHAM: Our standard, General Smith, can never be to be like Saddam Hussein, can it be, sir? SMITH: No, sir. GRAHAM: How long have you been in the service? SMITH: 34 years. GRAHAM: Is it OK with you if the International Red Cross comes and looks at our prisons? SMITH: Absolutely, sir, and they should. GRAHAM: OK.[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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