Somewhat Off-Topic, But Unbelievably Maddening

White House threatens veto on detainee policies.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday threatened to veto a massive Senate bill for $442 billion in next year's defense programs if it moves to regulate the
Pentagon's treatment of detainees or sets up a commission to investigate operations at Guantanamo Bay prison and elsewhere.

The Bush administration, under fire for the indefinite detention of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and questions over whether its policies led to horrendous abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, put lawmakers on notice it did not want them legislating on the matter.

In a statement, the White House said such amendments would "interfere with the protection of Americans from terrorism by diverting resources from the war."

"If legislation is presented that would restrict the president's authority to protect Americans effectively from terrorist attack and bring terrorists to justice," the bill could be vetoed, the statement said.

You know, sometimes, you really have to step back in awe at the unmitigated gall of this administration.

Imagine that-- the Congress actually trying to legislate something decent and humane that would help our troops have the higher moral ground. But the Bush admin. says NO FUCKIN' WAY.

Then there is also the head-exploding hypocrisy of the Bush administration saying that diverting resources from the war would weaken the fight against terrorism.

Not only are these guys are evil mother-fuckers, but they IN-YOUR-FACE evil motherfuckers.