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Bush accepts McCain's ban on torture
Thank you Bush for coming to your senses about SOMETHING!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/congress_detainees
"WASHINGTON - President Bush reversed course on Thursday and accepted Sen. John McCain's call for a law banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.
Bush said the agreement will "make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad."
"It's a done deal," said McCain, talking to reporters in a driving rain outside the White House after he met with the president."
It's about damn time too. Now if only he would explain why Cheney wanted the CIA to be exempt from this. Being an open critic of this administration, and considering that torture was my biggest problem with this administration, I figure he deserves kudos for finally realizing that torture is wrong. Baby steps, I guess...
"We do not torture [anymore]." - George W. Bush
Thank you Bush for coming to your senses about SOMETHING!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/congress_detainees
"WASHINGTON - President Bush reversed course on Thursday and accepted Sen. John McCain's call for a law banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.
Bush said the agreement will "make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad."
"It's a done deal," said McCain, talking to reporters in a driving rain outside the White House after he met with the president."
It's about damn time too. Now if only he would explain why Cheney wanted the CIA to be exempt from this. Being an open critic of this administration, and considering that torture was my biggest problem with this administration, I figure he deserves kudos for finally realizing that torture is wrong. Baby steps, I guess...
"We do not torture [anymore]." - George W. Bush
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