Comments on: An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part One) http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/ Author & journalist Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:43:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: On Guantánamo, Lawmakers Reveal They Are Still Dick Cheney’s Pawns by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-50225 On Guantánamo, Lawmakers Reveal They Are Still Dick Cheney’s Pawns by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:14:31 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-50225 [...] are preventing justice from being delivered in the cases of the small number of prisoners actually accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks and other acts of international terrorism, and [...] [...] are preventing justice from being delivered in the cases of the small number of prisoners actually accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks and other acts of international terrorism, and [...]

]]> By: An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part Two) by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-49032 An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part Two) by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:27:05 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-49032 [...] the first part of this interview, Col. Wilkerson discussed fears within the State Department that war crimes were [...] [...] the first part of this interview, Col. Wilkerson discussed fears within the State Department that war crimes were [...]

]]> By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48826 Andy Worthington Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:45:48 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48826 Hi TD, Great to hear from you. Thought you might appreciate some of Col. Wilkerson's insights, and thanks for the final words, which pepped me up like one of my favorite espresso shots! Hi TD,
Great to hear from you. Thought you might appreciate some of Col. Wilkerson’s insights, and thanks for the final words, which pepped me up like one of my favorite espresso shots!

]]> By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48825 Andy Worthington Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:43:41 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48825 Hi Will, Just back from vacation and catching up on everything. Thanks for the comment, which perfectly captures the need to prosecute those responsible for eight years of torture, murder and lawlessness. Always good to hear from you. Hi Will,
Just back from vacation and catching up on everything. Thanks for the comment, which perfectly captures the need to prosecute those responsible for eight years of torture, murder and lawlessness. Always good to hear from you.

]]> By: Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson « The Lift – Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48824 Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson « The Lift – Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:46:22 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48824 [...] Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Posted on 3 September, 2009 by Mathias Vermeulen Read his interview with Andy Worhtington here: [...] [...] Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson Posted on 3 September, 2009 by Mathias Vermeulen Read his interview with Andy Worhtington here: [...]

]]> By: Sally Rose http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48781 Sally Rose Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:46:30 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48781 Dear Andy Please excuse me for leaving this as a comment on the blog, I couldn't identify another way to contact you. My name is Sally Rose and I edit a website from Australia called Open Forum (www.openforum.com.au) Open Forum is an independent, non-profit website that is a place for Australians to talk about government issues. Political and business leaders as well as ordinary citizens read and are featured on our site. Our editorial feature during the month of September 2009 is “International Voices”, you can view the introduction here >> http://www.openforum.com.au/content/international-voices We would be honoured if you wrote a piece for our readers (the Australian Government and the people who vote for them) about your views on our role in the "War on Terror". If you would like to participate please email me. We will require: · Your text 350 – 800 words per item. · Your photo (or another image if you prefer to remain anonymous). · A few lines of biographical information (can be anonymous if you prefer). I would be happy to answer any questions. I hope very much to hear from you soon. With my best regards Sally Rose Open Forum www.openforum.com.au srose@openforum.com.au 0011 62 2 8303 2420 Dear Andy

Please excuse me for leaving this as a comment on the blog, I couldn’t identify another way to contact you.

My name is Sally Rose and I edit a website from Australia called Open Forum (www.openforum.com.au)

Open Forum is an independent, non-profit website that is a place for Australians to talk about government issues. Political and business leaders as well as ordinary citizens read and are featured on our site.

Our editorial feature during the month of September 2009 is “International Voices”, you can view the introduction here >>
http://www.openforum.com.au/content/international-voices

We would be honoured if you wrote a piece for our readers (the Australian Government and the people who vote for them) about your views on our role in the “War on Terror”.

If you would like to participate please email me. We will require:
· Your text 350 – 800 words per item.
· Your photo (or another image if you prefer to remain anonymous).
· A few lines of biographical information (can be anonymous if you prefer).

I would be happy to answer any questions. I hope very much to hear from you soon.

With my best regards
Sally Rose
Open Forum
http://www.openforum.com.au
srose@openforum.com.au
0011 62 2 8303 2420

]]> By: the talking dog http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48685 the talking dog Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:23:12 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48685 <i>I even think that probably, in the summer of 2002, well before Powell gave his presentation at the UN in February 2003, their priority had shifted, as their expectation of another attack went down, and that happened, I think, rather rapidly. I’ve just stumbled on this. <b>I thought before that it had persisted all the way through 2002, but I’m convinced now, from talking to hundreds of people, literally, that that’s not the case, that their fear of another attack subsided rather rapidly after their attention turned to Iraq,</b> and after Tommy Franks, in late November as I recall, was directed to begin planning for Iraq and to take his focus off Afghanistan.</i> Well, often otherwise "reasonable" people keep insisting to me that Bush, Cheney, et al. have to be "cut some slack" regarding their [horrific, illegal, and utterly immoral and barbaric] actions because of the pressure they were under to prevent another attack. I've always insisted that this just was not something I [or any civilized human being] could abide: the threat posed by the Third Reich or by Soviet ICBMs was, in real terms, infinitely more deadly than by "the terrorists," and while there were abuses to be sure, neither of these events caused the kind of response taken by the Bush Administration <i>at a structural level</i>, including the insistence that people, even lawful residents and citizens, could just be consigned to a dungeon beyond law, or of course, that torture was not only justified, but that torture <i>is awesome.</i> And yet, almost instanteously, America's main weapon, it's moral authority, was jettisoned in favor of barbarity, simply because our leadership fell into the hands of sociopathic, sadistic twits. [Let me note that I applaud Atty. Gen. Holder's commencement of investigations by Special Prosecutor Durham, and look forward to them taking their course until we drop our <strike>American</strike> Washington Beltway love for the reverse Nuremberg defense ("I was just<i>giving</i> orders.")] Great stuff re: Diego Garcia... I always thought a significantly larger number of prisoners were more than transited there; apparently. Also great stuff re confirming what so many have said so many times: hundreds and hundreds were held, but no more than two or three dozen were guilty <i>of anything</i>, let alone the "hardened terrorists" that the Government insisted that they were, and that most Americans (and few, if any, non-Americans) still believe they are. Congratulations on getting Col. Wilkerson to speak to you and congratulations on a fabulous interview; once again, you have scooped the world. I even think that probably, in the summer of 2002, well before Powell gave his presentation at the UN in February 2003, their priority had shifted, as their expectation of another attack went down, and that happened, I think, rather rapidly. I’ve just stumbled on this. I thought before that it had persisted all the way through 2002, but I’m convinced now, from talking to hundreds of people, literally, that that’s not the case, that their fear of another attack subsided rather rapidly after their attention turned to Iraq, and after Tommy Franks, in late November as I recall, was directed to begin planning for Iraq and to take his focus off Afghanistan.

Well, often otherwise “reasonable” people keep insisting to me that Bush, Cheney, et al. have to be “cut some slack” regarding their [horrific, illegal, and utterly immoral and barbaric] actions because of the pressure they were under to prevent another attack. I’ve always insisted that this just was not something I [or any civilized human being] could abide: the threat posed by the Third Reich or by Soviet ICBMs was, in real terms, infinitely more deadly than by “the terrorists,” and while there were abuses to be sure, neither of these events caused the kind of response taken by the Bush Administration at a structural level, including the insistence that people, even lawful residents and citizens, could just be consigned to a dungeon beyond law, or of course, that torture was not only justified, but that torture is awesome.

And yet, almost instanteously, America’s main weapon, it’s moral authority, was jettisoned in favor of barbarity, simply because our leadership fell into the hands of sociopathic, sadistic twits. [Let me note that I applaud Atty. Gen. Holder's commencement of investigations by Special Prosecutor Durham, and look forward to them taking their course until we drop our American Washington Beltway love for the reverse Nuremberg defense ("I was justgiving orders.")]

Great stuff re: Diego Garcia… I always thought a significantly larger number of prisoners were more than transited there; apparently. Also great stuff re confirming what so many have said so many times: hundreds and hundreds were held, but no more than two or three dozen were guilty of anything, let alone the “hardened terrorists” that the Government insisted that they were, and that most Americans (and few, if any, non-Americans) still believe they are.

Congratulations on getting Col. Wilkerson to speak to you and congratulations on a fabulous interview; once again, you have scooped the world.

]]> By: Will Shirley http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/08/27/an-interview-with-col-lawrence-wilkerson-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-48683 Will Shirley Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:50:42 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=5312#comment-48683 So, when all of the reports are in and it is made clear what a complete screwed up mess George created when he wanted to play soldier, will we be allowed to do anything about his crimes? He had a Vice-President who clearly is psychotic and that is his defense but poor George only has his stupidity. Will it be enough if we do try to prosecute? And if we don't, if everybody in the world knows we torture prisoners, we kill our allies, we break all our treaties, we kill women and children, we bomb schools and hospitals, if everybody knows this, how will we ever be able to look anybody in the face and say "I am an American." ? So, when all of the reports are in and it is made clear what a complete screwed up mess George created when he wanted to play soldier, will we be allowed to do anything about his crimes? He had a Vice-President who clearly is psychotic and that is his defense but poor George only has his stupidity. Will it be enough if we do try to prosecute? And if we don’t, if everybody in the world knows we torture prisoners, we kill our allies, we break all our treaties, we kill women and children, we bomb schools and hospitals, if everybody knows this, how will we ever be able to look anybody in the face and say “I am an American.” ?

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