Post by noonebil on May 14, 2004 13:18:29 GMT -5
US Sen. Miller decries 'contrition' over inmates
13 May 2004 22:19:08 GMT
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Zell Miller, the only U.S. Senate Democrat who has endorsed President George W. Bush for re-election, denounced on Thursday "this national act of contrition" over the abuse of Iraqi inmates.
"Why is it that some in this country still don't get that we are at war -- a war against terrorists who are plotting to kill us every day?" asked Miller of Georgia.
Speaking on the Senate floor where members of both parties have decried the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, Miller made a reference to the beheading in Iraq of American Nick Berg, a 26-year-old civilian contractor.
"Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over a video of a young American with no head at all?" Miller said.
Miller's comments came two days after Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma declared he was "more outraged by the outrage" than by the treatment of U.S.-held Iraqi inmates.
"I stand with Senator Inhofe," said Miller, who heads a "Democrats for Bush" group. Miller said while he did not condone much of what happened behind prison walls, he refused to join "this national act of contrition over it."
Bush has apologized for the inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad and said the acts were the "wrongdoing of a few."
13 May 2004 22:19:08 GMT
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Zell Miller, the only U.S. Senate Democrat who has endorsed President George W. Bush for re-election, denounced on Thursday "this national act of contrition" over the abuse of Iraqi inmates.
"Why is it that some in this country still don't get that we are at war -- a war against terrorists who are plotting to kill us every day?" asked Miller of Georgia.
Speaking on the Senate floor where members of both parties have decried the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, Miller made a reference to the beheading in Iraq of American Nick Berg, a 26-year-old civilian contractor.
"Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over a video of a young American with no head at all?" Miller said.
Miller's comments came two days after Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma declared he was "more outraged by the outrage" than by the treatment of U.S.-held Iraqi inmates.
"I stand with Senator Inhofe," said Miller, who heads a "Democrats for Bush" group. Miller said while he did not condone much of what happened behind prison walls, he refused to join "this national act of contrition over it."
Bush has apologized for the inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad and said the acts were the "wrongdoing of a few."
