Sunday, September 17, 2006

Bush To America: Lets Torture our Enemies

African American Political Pundit says: I'm in agreement with this sunday's Washington Post Post editorial regarding George W. Bush. It's an editorial that allows us all to look at the mind set of the people running America. Here is some of what the editorial has to say:

A License to Abuse

Source: The Washington Post.com

Mr. Bush also wants the CIA to be able to treat its detainees to such practices as "cold cell," or induced hypothermia, in which detainees are held naked in near-freezing temperatures and repeatedly doused with water; "long standing," in which prisoners are handcuffed in an uncomfortable standing position and forced to remain there for up to 40 hours; and prolonged sleep deprivation.

Throughout the world and for decades, such practices have been called torture. That's what the United States called them when they were used by the Soviet KGB. As the president himself tacitly acknowledges, they violate Geneva and other international conventions as well as current U.S. law. News that the United States has used these techniques -- as well as waterboarding, an ancient torture technique that simulates drowning -- has gravely damaged U.S. standing in the world and the fight against terrorism. It increases the danger that captured U.S. servicemen will be exposed to similar treatment by nations that might otherwise feel obliged to respect the Geneva standards.

When Mr. Bush was asked Friday whether he wasn't in effect seeking sanction for torture, he responded with an evasion. He claimed that the Geneva Conventions' Common Article 3 is "very vague" and that his proposal would provide "clarity" for CIA professionals. In fact, the opposite is true.

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1 comment:

Brian said...

Thanks for posting....

They (The Neo-cons) got slammed pretty hard last week, especially when Colin Powell came out against the White House Plan.

P.S.

I tried to post something over at your blog, but it looks like something is wrong with the site.

I will wait until you migrate to your other platform before I start blogging again.

Feel free to use this space as much as you want until you finish the transfer.

I also notice a lot of problems with blogger.

I was lucky in that I picked a good template that doesn't give me too many problems. But there are still problems with blogger overall.

I constantly have to use "workarounds" as solutions.


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