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I think you're a little wide stroking in with that Brush. That said, I certainly think the top hold responsibility. Not the bottom of the chain, but the top should hold the most accountability. I regret none ever did. And while I think some democrats need to be in that loop, that shouldn't save Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld.
Oh good lord...That's embarrassing for you Ditto....You really buy into this? Come on....:roll:
Either one of those narratives is not only false, but equally embarrassing for the poster that tries to use it...
And IMHO Joe, Feinstein should be in that "some democrats" you mention...She was briefed, by some accounts up to a dozen times on this program. And further, you have to view this in context...At the time, right after 9/11, we didn't know, and wanted answers, FAST. Not only did Bush, and Cheney, to include those in their administration develop these tactics, not all of them I might add, but, demo's that are acting today like they just never knew, and act all shocked and outraged..This report is prime example.
Look, we had this debate, and as a conservative, I will say we lost it...These interrogations stopped, and there is now law specifically against it....So, what more do you want? Bush arrested? Cheney arrested? Not going to happen, and if that is your goal, then you look as foolish as Cindy Sheehan.
I think a good step would be for those liberals using language, as you do yourself a little here, that we did this not only on a wide scale, but that it was like some frat house initiation....We, and by 'we' I mean democrats, as well as repubs asked the CIA to do exactly this after 9/11, and now want to come back like they just didn't know is a load of crap.
Luckily, the American people do not agree with you and, also fortunate, is that you are not in a responsible position for protecting the American people against terrorism. American People Continue to Support Enhanced Interrogation of Suspected Terrorists | Washington Free BeaconWell, it's just a fact that only a tiny handful of Congress was read into the program and so the other 99% or so could not possibly have known.
But the disturbing thing about this conversation is the widespread public support for (pick your term, EIT, torture, torture lite), and the widespread support of it by political leaders on the right. So it's hard to say we've put this issue behind us when Cheney says he'd do it again in a heartbeat and the vast majority of the GOP including political leaders nod in agreement. If that's the case, that we don't do it now is merely a strategic decision.
Luckily, the American people do not agree with you and, also fortunate, is that you are not in a responsible position for protecting the American people against terrorism. American People Continue to Support Enhanced Interrogation of Suspected Terrorists | Washington Free Beacon
Sixty-one percent of respondents supported the statement that enhanced interrogation “techniques are justified when they are the only way to stop the murder of another 3,000 innocent Americans in another 9/11″ over the statement that “America should never use harsh interrogation techniques on detainees, because they are torture.”
Luckily, the American people do not agree with you and, also fortunate, is that you are not in a responsible position for protecting the American people against terrorism. American People Continue to Support Enhanced Interrogation of Suspected Terrorists | Washington Free Beacon
True, and that would appear to be the circumstances in the case under discussion.Poll results depend a lot on how the questions are asked:
It's not my poll, Perhaps you should direct your concerns elsewhere.Does the poll reflect the sentiments of a modern day lynch mob?
It's not my poll, Perhaps you should direct your concerns elsewhere.
It was until you bought into the idea that over half of the American people share the sentiments of a lynch mob.Oh, sorry, I thought it was YOU who brought up the poll as being somehow relevant. :lol:
It was until you bought into the idea that over half of the American people share the sentiments of a lynch mob.
Are these more rhetorical questions?Yes, mine was a rhetorical question. Have you answered it? Does the poll suggest that torture advocates are in the majority in this great Christian country? Is 60% considered a majority?
Do you see any similarities between the depraved views of 60% and the depraved views of a lynch mob?
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