American POWs Being Abused... by America!

This story makes very little sense, and makes the Bush Administration appear about as cold-hearted as Saddam Hussein: Los Angeles Times: White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs

The gist: American soldiers that were captured and tortured by Iraq during Desert Storm now CANNOT sue Iraq, because "we've freed Iraq".

"It seems so strange to have our own country fighting us on this," said retired Air Force Col. David W. Eberly, the senior officer among the former POWs. I am sure he uses stronger language when he's among friends.

"No amount of money can truly compensate these brave men and women for the suffering that they went through at the hands of this very brutal regime and at the hands of Saddam Hussein," White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters when asked about the case in November 2003. So I guess Bush is taking that statement literally, and making sure our soldiers receive "no amount of money".

How can they sleep at night?

More later...
Paul