Bush on Contractors in Iraq = April 2006 ?? Uniform Code of Military Justice does not apply ??

[L. Coyote]

Run time: 01:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5xT1DGJMoQ   Posted on YouTube: September 27, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 27, 2007 By DU Member: L. Coyote Views on DU: 541

 
As Long as We're Talking Contractors . . .
09.27.07 -- By David Kurtz
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/054407.php

A friend of the site sent along a reminder of the exchange President Bush had with a student back in April 2006 while speaking at Johns Hopkins University:

Q Thank you, Mr. President. It's an honor to have you here. I'm a first-year student in South Asia studies. My question is in regards to private military contractors. Uniform Code of Military Justice does not apply to these contractors in Iraq. I asked your Secretary of Defense a couple months ago what law governs their actions.

THE PRESIDENT: I was going to ask him. Go ahead. (Laughter.) Help. (Laughter.)

Q I was hoping your answer might be a little more specific. (Laughter.) Mr. Rumsfeld answered that Iraq has its own domestic laws which he assumed applied to those private military contractors. ...

.......

[nightrider767]

1. So what's your problem with this?

Bush pleads "ignorance".

A rather believable alibi from a rather ignorant fellow.

Don't worry, I'm sure TCTDTASWOFAVTTTOTW "The Coalition To Destroy The American Spirit, Way Of Life, and Values Then To Take Over The World" have since told him how to respond.



:nuke:

[Squatch]

2. The UCMJ only applies to members of the military.