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November 07, 2005
Bush: "We Do Not Torture." (wink, wink)
Bush in Panama City today:
"There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said. "So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law."He declared, "We do not torture."
For such a black & white, good & evil, right & wrong president, he sure takes a nuanced position on this. As I've written since the torture allegations broke, they DO endorse and mandate torture. But their definition happens to be different from the agreed-upon definition the rest of the world understands. Water-boarding? Bushco says: not torture. Dropping acid on the skin? Bushco says: torture. The problem is, both are torture.
And the United States? Our home? The nation and Constitution we love and fight to defend? Tarnished and stained by a pack of criminals whose crimes infinitely outweigh a break-in or lying about a blow job.
These men are committing crimes against humanity day-in and day-out. Not to mention the fact that their techniques are putting us all in grave danger.
Posted By Bob Cesca | November 7, 2005 01:46 PM | DIGG ME!
Comments
Someone should address Bush's lying. Remember when he was going to bring honor back to the presidency? All he's done, I think, is to raise lying to an official form of communication.
Uninspired lying, I mean. At least when Clinton or Nixon was cooking up a mean batch of bullshit, you could tell work went into it. Bush seems to do it as a reflex. I wonder if he walks offstage, turns to his aides and goes, "We do not torture?' What the fuck was that?!"
J.
Posted by: J. at November 8, 2005 07:27 PM
You are on the money! When will our idea of globalization include the concept that all people share the same basic human rights. Senator Mc Cain's right on one count; it's not about who they are, it's about who we are.
Posted by: Wil Santana at November 9, 2005 11:48 PM
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