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So, yesterday dubya signed the bill that officially allows torture of anyone that could be considered by his administration, foreign or domestic, that they deem a threat. It also retroactively declares legal previous torture by the Bush administration that was illegal when it was performed. Yes, that's bad, but wait till you hear some of the propaganda coming from the RNC on it, directly from the mouth of Ken Mehlman:
"Yesterday morning marked a significant victory in the War on Terror. President Bush signed vital legislation ensuring that America can continue interrogating dangerous terrorists like 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Under this new law, the brutal terrorists who planned the attack on our country can be brought to justice.
There is nothing more important than protecting the American people and ensuring that we have the intelligence we need to stop attacks on our homeland. The vast majority of Democrats in Congress did not agree. Shockingly, 84% of the Democrats in the House voted against interrogating terrorists, as did 73% of the Democrats in the Senate."
So, according to the neocon talking points:
Until we retroactively made it OK for dubya to have broken the law, we were not allowed to question terrorists, nor could we bring them to justice.
Democrats do not believe in protecting America and gathering intelligence to stop attacks.
Democrats do not want terrorists to face any questions of any kind.
Um, yea.
I know, just another typical day of lying for those guys, but it's still sad to see how blatantly and without conscience they do so time and time again.
Sad they just can't have the guts to say they like torturing people, rather than (or in addition to) using effective interrogation.
For those of you keeping score at home, even the CIA states that torturing a person until they say what you want them to say is not an effective means of gathering information. They have effective means, and use them. When the Bush administration orders torture, it's for sport and entertainment, not protection of the US.
"Yesterday morning marked a significant victory in the War on Terror. President Bush signed vital legislation ensuring that America can continue interrogating dangerous terrorists like 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Under this new law, the brutal terrorists who planned the attack on our country can be brought to justice.
There is nothing more important than protecting the American people and ensuring that we have the intelligence we need to stop attacks on our homeland. The vast majority of Democrats in Congress did not agree. Shockingly, 84% of the Democrats in the House voted against interrogating terrorists, as did 73% of the Democrats in the Senate."
So, according to the neocon talking points:
Until we retroactively made it OK for dubya to have broken the law, we were not allowed to question terrorists, nor could we bring them to justice.
Democrats do not believe in protecting America and gathering intelligence to stop attacks.
Democrats do not want terrorists to face any questions of any kind.
Um, yea.
I know, just another typical day of lying for those guys, but it's still sad to see how blatantly and without conscience they do so time and time again.
Sad they just can't have the guts to say they like torturing people, rather than (or in addition to) using effective interrogation.
For those of you keeping score at home, even the CIA states that torturing a person until they say what you want them to say is not an effective means of gathering information. They have effective means, and use them. When the Bush administration orders torture, it's for sport and entertainment, not protection of the US.
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10:37 PM
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