Who's watching 60 Minutes?

[SharonRB]

The reaction of people to the soldier who released the Abu Ghraib photos is just awful. He did the right thing and now he can't ever go home again. I feel so badly for him and his wife.

[BlueJazz]

1. Yeah..They said his home town was "Very Patriotic"

...HA! Bullshit...these people have no idea what America is suppose to stand for...

[angry_chuck]

3. to them a patriot is someone

who should give up liberty for freedom. These idiots are ruining things with their idiotic, double-speak mumbo-jumbo!

Wave your flag hard enough and we'll fight anyone, boo-ya! America NUMBER 1! take em down...

[lebkuchen]

21. "very confused" about what democracy is, is more like it

I'm being as kind as I can when I say that.

[Skidmore]

2. I saw it. These people in his family, his town, and his unit are

disgraceful and should be deeply ashamed. He and his wife don't feel safe anymore. Rummy's military and *'s America are terrible places in which to take a stand for what is right.

[Roland99]

4. Freeperland, Md.

[Graybeard]

8. I wondered where Bush's 27% lived...

...don't these people realize how twisted their moral
priorities are?  Hate the hero and protect the criminals!!? 
Sick,sick,sick.

[napi21]

5. Yes, I'm watching. That's sooo sad. I can understand if the

family & friends of the 7 torturers were angry, but I sure don't understandthis guy'sfamily, friends & neighbors!

We used to visit Cumberland every Labor Day weekend for a big streetrod rally. We had great times and I have a lot of fond memories. I would have never dreamed the people there would react to this guy like they did!

[Wetzelbill]

6. just started

anxious for the Abu Ghraib stuff and Ultimate Fighting. Should be a great show.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

7. Oh wait for the line about Carl Rove, in the Italian mafia piece.

I spit my diet coke all over myself!

[Wetzelbill]

14. haha no kidding

that cracked me up too.

[GenDem]

9. What about Rummy outing the guy?

WTF!

This is a sad story. He can't even go back to his hometown. He's been put in a kind of witness protection program it seems. He should be lauded as a hero and he's been treated like a traitor.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

11. No as I said in the Italian mafia guy piece. The reporter said

something to the effect "Could you imagine Carl Rove being linked to a major crime family?".

Burlesconi's personal asst. has connection to the mafia, that's what was funny.

Not that poor Abu Garib guy! He deserved the awards and recognition he got, the people in his hometown deserve to be shamed into realizing how morally bankrupt they and those in the military who said such things (edit to add) are.

[AndreaCG]

23. Not a surprise from Rummy

The thug.

[hwmnbn]

10. Yep, I watched it.....

and that freeper asshole from the VFW was really maddening! They essentially think the Abu Ghraib treatment was fine and no big deal. They have no conscience, they have no pride, they are US Army gang members.

What pissed me off the most is when Rumsfeld blew this guys cover at the congressional hearings. He knew the ramifications of this disclosure, and he did that on purpose.

I hope Darby can live out his life in prosperity knowing he did the right thing.

[hootinholler]

12. That struck me also. n/t

[elehhhhna]

20. If they think it's FINE why are they so upset after HEARING about it?

THEY KNOW IT ISN'T FRIGGING FINE. THAT'S WHY.

Really. This bs makes. me. want. to. scream.

I need a break from the news.

[skypilot]

22. That was definitely on purpose.

This is not an administration that likes to give people credit for doing the right thing. Especially if the right thing is going to reflect badly on the administration. They basically pulled a Valerie Plame on that guy. It was sickening to watch. There is a special place in hell for Donald Rumsfeld.

[hootinholler]

13. I have a problem with the way 60 mins presented it all along the few bad apples line.

This was not the result of a few bad apples. The abuse and torture are systemic approved by one and implemented in 2 cabinet level agencies.

As to the Cumberland public, they are why we still have Roscoe Bartlett in Congress.

[SeattleGirl]

15. It's finally on here on the west coast.

This story is making me sick. That one guy (reserve commander?) saying Darby was close to being a traitor, he put prisoners above his own men. Bullshit! He put the safety and well-being and dignity of other human beings above the inexcusable behavior of the men in his company. I did not realize he had received a Kennedy award for what he did. I'm glad.

[Booster]

16. When that came up I said, "No, he put right before wrong" and

that is an honorable thing to do.

[drm604]

17. I saw it.

It made me angry as hell. They guy who turned in the lawbreakers now has to live in fear for the safety of himself and his family. :grr:

I'm really surprised that he and his wife were willing to appear on TV. What if some of their current neighbors recognize them and feel like their previous neighbors did?

[roody]

18. I hope they move to my town in N. Cal.

We would treat them right.

[Pachamama]

19. Same here....they would be treated as heroes and our community would be proud to call them

neighbors.....

I hope they find a peaceful place to live where people will treat them right....