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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (479558)5/10/2009 11:22:02 AM
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Bush and company made examples of the common soldiers who were doing what they were told by people who were directed by these memos.

Bush didn't make examples of them. The appropriate courts of law tried and convicted them.

In fundamental ways, the interrogations of three of the worst terrorists known to the CIA, are different from the incidents you have referred to.

The heart of your argument is that what these soldiers did was similar in some way to the interrogations of three terrorists. Yet the interrogations were authorized by the president, occurred in tightly controlled circumstances, including examinations by physicians, had been authorized by the President, and involved persons who were known to have information that would save American lives. A radically different thing.

Any competent president would have done precisely what Bush did, which is to sign off on tough interrogations to save American lives.
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