Should Donald Rumsfeld be sent to international court for crimes committed against humanity?

Question

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison's former U.S. commander said in an interview on Saturday.
Former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski told Spain's El Pais newspaper she had seen a letter apparently signed by Rumsfeld which allowed civilian contractors to use techniques such as sleep deprivation during interrogation.
Karpinski, who ran the prison until early 2004, said she saw a memorandum signed by Rumsfeld detailing the use of harsh interrogation methods.
"The handwritten signature was above his printed name and in the same handwriting in the margin was written: "Make sure this is accomplished,"" she told Saturday's El Pais.
"The methods consisted of making prisoners stand for long periods, sleep deprivation ... playing music at full volume, having to sit in uncomfortably ... Rumsfeld authorized these specific techniques."
The Geneva Convention says prisoners of war should suffer "

Answer 1

He should go to court for "war crimes".

Answer 2

Well I have many Syrian friends and its not true that 80% of Syrians support Assad. Sorry pinky that's just not true. Maybe that number is how many people are scared to comment against him in public. Alawi ppl usually support him...and some ppl here are this religion so..of course you will get that kind of answer from some here....I will let you guess which ones ;) Of all the people I have met from the Arabic speaking region...Syrian people have been the best and most kind and loyal friends to me. I trust in what these people have said to me about their suffering from Assad. It is also well documented. I think its a difficult task to get rid of Assad but NOT impossible. There was a time that no one in Egypt that I talked to would believe that the dog Mubarak could be overthrown either but it was accomplished!!! So I want to tell my friends in Syria to be strong and smart. Do not let people who support Assad fool you with their false claims of impossibilities. @Moe: so it is also logical to deny the suffering of all those people when my own eyes tell me different? I mean what is logic then? anyone who believes Assad is not a criminal is not logical themself. and its also not "logical" to try and defend human atrocity by pointing the fingers at other who did crimes in a way to justify it. A person who believes the character is good doesn't have to try and point to others doing wrong...that's what isn't logical. and I might agree that the people you mentioned should be charged in court also...but that doesn't mean that Assad is any less guilty...I mean do think people are stupid to not see this diversion? Duh

Answer 3

Yes I think he should be tried in international court for crimes against humanity and sentenced to prison. I think the Bush administration is nothing but a national disgrace. It is no wonder that other nations have lost so much respect for us.

Answer 4

No, and that tale is fulla crap and sleep deprivation is not mistreatment. You want to see mistreatment look what they did to Danny Pearl.

Just because that incompetent excuse for a commanding officer Janis Karpinski said it don't make it so. She's just covering her more-than-ample, incompetent backside. She screwed the pooch on that whole command and has been trying to shift the blame to everyone else since. She isn't competent to run a freakin' bowling alley let alone a prison.

Answer 5

Those prisoners do not meet the requirement of the geneva convention meathead. They are not members of an organized, uniformed national army. Take the time to read the convention not just your liberal hack talking points. NO he should not be sent to international court.

Answer 6

Rumsfeld should be given a medal for getting information from terrorists that may have saved thousands of American lives.
Terrorists don't like Rumsfeld.
HE IS A GREAT HERO OF THE WORLD.
And Cool, too!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Only as an accessory, I suspect bush and cheney are the real culprits.

Answer 8

here you go A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Attached is a copy of a letter they received back:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC

Dear Concerned Citizen:

Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. My administration takes these matters seriously, and your opinion was heard loud and clear here in Washington. You'll be pleased to learn that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like you, we are creating a new division of the Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals accept Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short.

In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one terrorist under your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence next Monday.

Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you Personally demanded in your letter of admonishment.

It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommended in your letter.

Ahmed's meal requirements are simple, but we strongly suggest serving meals that do not require utensils, particularly knives and forks. Also, these should be "one-handed" foods; Ahmed will not eat with his left hand since he uses it to wipe himself after purging his bowels(which he will do in your yard).

He generally bathes quarterly with the change of seasons, assuming that it rains, and he washes his clothes simultaneously. This should help with your water bill. Also, your new friend has a really bad case of body lice that hasn't been completely remedied.

Please heed the large orange notice attached to your detainee's cage:

"Does not play well with others."

Although Ahmed is sociopathic and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. He will bite you, given the chance, but his rabies test came back negative so not to worry.

We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling. Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clipper. We do not suggest that you ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him.

Ahmed will not wish to interact with your wife or daughters (except sexually) since he views females as a subhuman form of property. However, he will be eager to assist with the education of your sons; have available for their use several copies of the Q'uran.

Oh - and rest assured he absolutely loves animals, especially cats and dogs. He prefers them roasted, but raw is fine, too, if they aren't more than 2 or 3 days dead.

Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like you, who know so much, keep us informed of the proper way to do our job. We think this watching over each other's shoulder is such a good way for people to interact that we will be sending a team of federal officials with expertise in your line of work to your place of business soon, just to help you do your job better. Don't be concerned that they have the power to close your business, seize your property, and arrest you for any violation of the 4,850,206 laws, codes, regulations and rules that apply to your profession. They're really there just to make sure you're doing everything the proper way. That is what you wanted, right?

Well, thank you for this opportunity to interact with such a valued member of the citizenry. You take good care of Ahmed - and remember ...we'll be watching.

Cordially,

Your Buddy, Dubbya

Answer 9

No, he shouldn't.