| Not even George W. Bush, the stupidest President in modern times, is stupid enough to cast the first veto of his presidency against a bill that would prohibit "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment of prisoners in the custody of the U.S. military. Surely not! (Will they spin this as "compassionate torture?") |
| [T]he amendment passed the Senate 90 to nine. The United States has been signing anti-torture treaties under Democrats and Republicans for at least 50 years.
According to the Bushies, if the United States is holding a prisoner on foreign soil, our soldiers can still subject him or her to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment -- the very forms of torture used by the soldiers who were later prosecuted for their conduct at Abu Ghraib. Does this make any sense, moral or common? Think about it: Five years of stupefying pork, ideological nonsense, dumb administrative ideas, fiscal idiocy, misbegotten energy programs -- and the first thing the man vetoes is a bill to pay our soldiers because it carries an amendment saying, once again, that this country does not torture prisoners. This is the United States of America. It is our country, not George W. Bush's personal property. The United States of America still stands for the rights of man, for freedom, dignity and justice. We do not torture helpless prisoners. Our soldiers are not the SS, not the North Vietnamese who tortured McCain and others for years on end, not bestial Argentinean fascists, not the Khmer Rouge. Remember, we invaded Iraq because Saddam Hussein was such a horrible brute that he tortured people. This is beyond disgusting. The House Republicans, which have no shame, will try to weaken McCain's amendment. They need to hear from decent Republicans all over this country. Don't leave this hideous stain on your party's name. This is NOT what America stands for. We've had more loathsome and more dangerous enemies than Al-Qaida and managed to defeat them without resorting to torture. Source: "The outrage of the week: GOP stands up for U.S. right to torture" by Molly Ivins - Creators Syndicate - 10.11.05 |
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| Comments | Contributor | Date Submitted |
| What is the matter with this man? Torture should never be condoned. If the US uses torture against others, others will feel free to torture Americans and it will be hard to argue against. | Linda Denton |
10/13/2005 |
| Why waste time with torture? Just kill them all. | 10/19/2005 | |
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