That was from the Al Arabiya interview. And, no, the interviewer didn't directly ask * about dictatorship, * just started spewing a bunch of propaganda b-s on what he thinks a dictator would NOT be doing in an attempt to contrast with the superficial steps the US has taken since the lid was blown off the abuse issue. (though anyone who's lived through a dictatorship would know he's full o' feces).
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/05/20040505-2.html
Q: After these pictures came out, some people in the area started talking about another alleged abuse. Could you tell us about what's being done to prevent this from happening and just to improve the situation?
THE pRESIDENT: Absolutely. I have told our Secretary of Defense, and I have instructed him to tell everybody else in the military, I want to know the full extent of the operations in Iraq, the prison operations. We want to make sure that if there is a systemic problem -- in other words, if there's a problem system-wide -- that we stop the practices.
Again, it's very important for people, your listeners, to understand, in our country that when an issue is brought to our attention on this magnitude, we act -- and we act in a way where leaders are willing to discuss it with the media. And we act in a way where, you know, our Congress asks pointed questions to the leadership. In other words, people want to know the truth. That stands in contrast to dictatorships. A dictator wouldn't be answering questions about this. A dictator wouldn't be saying that the system will be investigated and the world will see the results of the investigation. A dictator wouldn't admit reforms needed to be done.
And so the people in the Middle East must understand that this was horrible. But we're dealing with it in a way that will bring confidence to not only our citizens, which is very important, but confidence to people of the world that this situation will be rectified and justice will be done.
It *DOES* appear, thankfully, that * managed to avoid using his new favorite descriptor of "brown-skinned people" during both the interviews.
Phew! WW3 averted for a few more hours.
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