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"You are not going to see me in the public square criticizing the President," he said, according to The Guardian.
I don't support methods like water boarding, either. It never really made sense to me.
A common argument *for* it is (I'll paraphrase Bill O'Reilly): "If your family was in danger wouldn't you do anything in your power, including water boarding someone, to get more information so you can protect them?"
Well - if my family was in danger and I went vigilante and attempted to torture information out of someone it's possible I could be brought up on charges and accused of torture, at the least. If it's unacceptable for me then it should be unacceptable for the government as well.
I don't support methods like water boarding, either. It never really made sense to me.
A common argument *for* it is (I'll paraphrase Bill O'Reilly): "If your family was in danger wouldn't you do anything in your power, including water boarding someone, to get more information so you can protect them?"
Well - if my family was in danger and I went vigilante and attempted to torture information out of someone it's possible I could be brought up on charges and accused of torture, at the least. If it's unacceptable for me then it should be unacceptable for the government as well.
I don't support methods like water boarding, either. It never really made sense to me.
A common argument *for* it is (I'll paraphrase Bill O'Reilly): "If your family was in danger wouldn't you do anything in your power, including water boarding someone, to get more information so you can protect them?"
Well - if my family was in danger and I went vigilante and attempted to torture information out of someone it's possible I could be brought up on charges and accused of torture, at the least. If it's unacceptable for me then it should be unacceptable for the government as well.
Former President George W. Bush: We waterboarded Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and I'd 'do it again'
So doing the same acts as our enemy will not set us apart. The man even defended his action disgusting.
I don't support methods like water boarding, either. It never really made sense to me.
A common argument *for* it is (I'll paraphrase Bill O'Reilly): "If your family was in danger wouldn't you do anything in your power, including water boarding someone, to get more information so you can protect them?"
Well - if my family was in danger and I went vigilante and attempted to torture information out of someone it's possible I could be brought up on charges and accused of torture, at the least. If it's unacceptable for me then it should be unacceptable for the government as well.
unbelievable!! You wouldn't try to save your own family??
Former President George W. Bush: We waterboarded Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and I'd 'do it again'
So doing the same acts as our enemy will not set us apart. The man even defended his action disgusting.
lol the same acts as our enemies would have been cutting his ****ing head off. Waterboarding is not torture and KSM was a known terrorist operative who planned the murder of 3,000 U.S. civilians, maybe we should have offered him cake and ice cream, then I'm sure he would have talked.
Former President George W. Bush: We waterboarded Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and I'd 'do it again'
So doing the same acts as our enemy will not set us apart. The man even defended his action disgusting.
unbelievable!! You wouldn't try to save your own family??
I give him credit for being respectful and holding his tongue of the new administration. It's what he should do and what all presidents should do barring some dictatorial takeover or something extreme.I gotta give him credit for standing by his convictions. The who article kind of showed that.
Considering how much his administration is being criticized by the Obama camp, and how much his party is criticizing the Obama administration, I have the utmost respect for his position here.
He's taking a high road on this. It's almost like he has no interest in engaging in political BS anymore. I think Bush truly feels that he took the morally correct actions regarding waterboarding and Iraq.
I may not agree with his actions (with the caveat that I cannot say for certain that I would not have made identical choices in his shoes), but I cannot fault him for doing what he thought was right.
unbelievable!! You wouldn't try to save your own family??
I gotta give him credit for standing by his convictions. The who article kind of showed that.
Considering how much his administration is being criticized by the Obama camp, and how much his party is criticizing the Obama administration, I have the utmost respect for his position here.
He's taking a high road on this. It's almost like he has no interest in engaging in political BS anymore. I think Bush truly feels that he took the morally correct actions regarding waterboarding and Iraq.
I may not agree with his actions (with the caveat that I cannot say for certain that I would not have made identical choices in his shoes), but I cannot fault him for doing what he thought was right.
Though I don't agree with his decision to torture, I do believe he did what he thought best for the US. He's certainly not the evil dick that some make him out to be.
I agree with Aunt Spiker. If my family was in danger I would not waterboard anyone. I would find another way to save them. This is because I love my country and I am not willing to torture some one in order get information from them and ruin what I believe are important values to this country.
Though I don't agree with his decision to torture, I do believe he did what he thought best for the US. He's certainly not the evil dick that some make him out to be.
soccerboy,
Find another way? Like what?
Suppose there was no other way, what would you do?
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